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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Phenomenology of Roundness.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Valery's knowledge of geometry failed him in what regard?
(a) The ability to understand how a bird constructs a circular nest.
(b) The ability to understand why a mollusk coils to the left or to the right.
(c) The ability to understand the scope of nature.
(d) The ability to understand how the earth circumnavigates the sun.

2. The works of Henri Bosco feature what areas, featuring connected passages with the possibility of escape?
(a) Ultra-towers.
(b) Mega-attics.
(c) Ultra-cellars.
(d) Super-cellars.

3. Which four artist-thinkers does Bachelard cite early in "The Phenomenology of Roundness"?
(a) Michelet, Van Gogh, Rilke, and Bousquet.
(b) Jaspers, Van Gogh, Bousquet, and La Fontaine.
(c) Michelet, Rilke, Bousquet, and La Fontaine.
(d) Jaspers, Van Gogh, Michelet, and Rilke.

4. What is the paradox of an old forest, as explained by the author?
(a) A forest seems real and concrete yet fantastic.
(b) It seems infinite within its own boundaries.
(c) A forest is old but contains new saplings.
(d) A forest is frightening yet offers a sense of security.

5. Bachelard explains that the relationship between a small box and a person's psychology of secrecy is known as what?
(a) Homology.
(b) Anthropo-cosmology.
(c) Poetry.
(d) Cosmology.

Short Answer Questions

1. Many houses are structured in levels, as described in "The House, from Cellar to Garret . . .,"appealing to what sense?

2. The cynical character created by the poet Milosz reminisces where?

3. For Bachelard, topophilia can be described in what way?

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

5. For psychoanalysts, what do conflicted locks and keys in dreams symbolize?

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