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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. Bachelard wishes to distinguish between metaphor and what?
(a) Image.
(b) Poetry.
(c) The spoken word.
(d) Dreams.

2. A phenomenologist considers what regarding a house?
(a) Drafty places which lead to pheumonia and other respiratory complaints.
(b) All the ways in which an individual inhabits his vital space.
(c) The spiritual flow between rooms and levels.
(d) Paranormal presences.

3. Who imagined a snail rolling over and over to form its shell internally?
(a) Robinet.
(b) Michelet.
(c) Palissy.
(d) Pare.

4. In the opinion of Bachelard, a corner is a place of what sort of motion?
(a) Vertical and horizontal.
(b) Repetition.
(c) Immobility.
(d) Three-dimensional space.

5. Why does a conchologist classify shells?
(a) To find the origin of creation.
(b) To determine the age of the planet.
(c) To discover diversity.
(d) To better understand mollusks.

Short Answer Questions

1. Central to the argument in "The House, from Cellar to Garret . . .," which statement is most indicative of cellar fears?

2. How is a nest connected to the foliage of the forest according to the author?

3. For Bachelard, what do primal images of nests and shells offer to a person?

4. Poetry stimulates what sort of response in the reader in the opinion of Bachelard?

5. When memories reside in parts of a house, which of the following is true in the author's opinion?

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