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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. To what does Bachelard compare the roundness of life?
(a) A snail that coils within its shell.
(b) An almond that becomes round in its shell.
(c) A pea that becomes round in its pod.
(d) A walnut that becomes round in its shell.

2. How is Tom Thumb killed?
(a) By a grain of dust.
(b) By the kick of an ant.
(c) By a snail.
(d) By the footsteps of a larger man.

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

4. While a phenomenologist accepts a poetic image, what will a psychologist do in the opinion of Bachelard?
(a) Analyze the origins of an image.
(b) Refine the image.
(c) Reject the image.
(d) Analyze the daringness of an image.

5. What is unique about the nesting behavior of the cuckoo?
(a) The cuckoo builds its nest below ground, creating an ultra-cellar.
(b) The cuckoo builds its nest on the ground.
(c) The cuckoo lays its eggs in a foreign nest when the mother is away, so that mother will hatch the cuckoo eggs.
(d) The cuckoo hollows out its nest by using its breast.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does Bachelard describe images that attribute human qualities to a nest?

3. As understood by Bachelard, a house features which two seemingly conflicting dimensions?

4. Which is the least significant element in the composition of a poem in Bachelard's opinion?

5. Bachelard's topoanalysis considers houses with at most how many levels?

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