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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. When a phenomenologist observes an extravagant daydream, what does the psychoanalyst see?
(a) Ontogenesis.
(b) Anthropo-cosmology.
(c) Oneiric behavior.
(d) Sexually-obsessed behavior.

2. For Bachelard, what do primal images of nests and shells offer to a person?
(a) They suggest a return to the womb.
(b) They offer freedom to create poetry.
(c) They allow a person safe and pleasurable withdrawal into his corner.
(d) They offer a cure for claustrophobia.

3. Topo-analysis is useful for studying what?
(a) Isolated poetic images.
(b) The structure of a poem.
(c) Psychoanalysis.
(d) The structure of a house.

4. Which statement does Bachelard determine is most indicative of attic fears?
(a) Attic fears indicate childhood trauma.
(b) Attic fears take longer fade, and remain tentative and unknown.
(c) Attic fears indicate spiritual unrest.
(d) Attic fears may be reasoned away.

5. The author believes that a well-drawn representation of a house inspires observers to do what?
(a) Daydream or contemplate.
(b) Cherish their own homes.
(c) Yearn for the childhood house.
(d) Build a dream house.

Short Answer Questions

1. For Bachelard, why is the inner space of a wardrobe an intimate space?

2. The philosopher Minkowski conducted an analysis of what?

3. Poets, states Bachelard, use words to bring together what two entities?

4. Which French scholar envisioned a fortress town based on the spiral design of shells?

5. According to Valery, how does a mollusk build?

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