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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. For Bachelard, breaking from the principles of scientific prudence is necessary in order to do what?
(a) Understand causality.
(b) Relax at home.
(c) Establish a metaphysics of the imagination.
(d) Study psychoanalysis.

2. With what did Pasternak identify the nest?
(a) The childhood house.
(b) Nature.
(c) The world and its center.
(d) Poetry.

3. To what iconic Van Gogh image does the author compare a bird's nest on the ground?
(a) Childhood home.
(b) Thatched cottage.
(c) Corn stalk.
(d) Sunflower.

4. Which French scholar envisioned a fortress town based on the spiral design of shells?
(a) Palissy.
(b) Bachelard.
(c) Robinet.
(d) Michelet.

5. The philosopher Minkowski conducted an analysis of what?
(a) Poetic imagery.
(b) Reverberation.
(c) Beingness.
(d) Causality.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does a metaphor present?

2. Bachelard believes that philosophers are condemned by their equals to live on which floor of a house, metaphorically speaking?

3. What is another word for ontology?

4. What does every corner or angle in a house symbolize for Bachelard?

5. How does Bachelard refer to words?

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