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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Intimate Immensity.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The cynical character created by the poet Milosz reminisces where?
(a) In church.
(b) In his palace.
(c) In a boat.
(d) In a tree.

2. The author proposes that loving the space in a house that opens to anywhere is an example of what?
(a) Poetic irony.
(b) Objective irony.
(c) Schizophrenia.
(d) Desire to move to a new house.

3. What romantic notion does Bachelard dispute?
(a) The refuge of the forest.
(b) The magic of rainbows.
(c) The lover's nest.
(d) Poetic imagery.

4. What does a metaphor present?
(a) An intangible object described in full detail.
(b) A tangible object as an intangible notion that is otherwise difficult to express.
(c) An intangible object as a tangible notion that is otherwise difficult to express.
(d) A tangible object described in full detail.

5. A home of other days is an example of what for Bachelard?
(a) Lost intimacy.
(b) Poetic irony.
(c) Abandonment.
(d) Memories lost in a filing cabinet.

Short Answer Questions

1. Bachelard theorizes that an observer must pass through what sort of threshold to experience an inversion of perspective?

2. The objectivity of a house, states Bachelard, is separate from what?

3. According to Bachelin, which is the oldest season?

4. What description does Bachelard give to Bergson's drawer metaphor?

5. Why is the city house no longer cosmic for the author?

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