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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Through a magnifying glass, what does the first view of any phenomenon become in the author's opinion?
(a) A matter of scientific observation.
(b) A revelation of never-before-seen flaws.
(c) A miniature universe.
(d) A disruption of poetic thought.

3. Who imagined a bird turning round to form its nest externally with its breast?
(a) Pare.
(b) Palissy.
(c) Michelet.
(d) Robinet.

4. For Bachelard, what does the metaphor of old forests that go on without limit represent?
(a) Man's search deep within.
(b) A search for fantasy.
(c) Immortality.
(d) A yearning for the childhood house.

5. What, in the opinion of Bachelard, moves the dreamer into the world of infinity?
(a) Paradox.
(b) Boundaries.
(c) Phenomenology.
(d) Immensity.

6. Bachelard believes that what must flow within in order to appreciate the dream process?
(a) Topophilia.
(b) Ontology.
(c) Intellect.
(d) Humility.

7. How is Tom Thumb's influence transposed into the sky?
(a) His name was given to a star within the Little Dipper constellation.
(b) His name was given to a moon of Saturn.
(c) His spirit lives within the sun.
(d) His name was given to the small star that drives the Grand Chariot or Great Bear constellation.

8. What are two opposing truths introduced by Bachelard in "Corners" regarding corners?
(a) Corners can be clean or neglected.
(b) Corners can be solid or weak.
(c) Corners can be real or imaginary.
(d) One can be at peace in a corner or can be cornered there.

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

10. What does Bachelard define as a coherent way to use reasoning to convincingly express primal images?
(a) A shell.
(b) A realistic painting or drawing.
(c) A house.
(d) A fairy tale.

11. According to Baltrusaitis, what can leap from a shell when reality is dismissed?
(a) Man.
(b) A dog.
(c) A cat.
(d) A snail.

12. In the work of Milosz, how did he indicate that corners are not always safe?
(a) Corners are sometimes hiding places.
(b) Corners can be hard and cold.
(c) Corners are sometimes bug-filled.
(d) Corners are pointy when inverted.

13. For Bachelard, what is amusing about space images?
(a) Space images evoke childhood happiness.
(b) Space images represent impossibilities.
(c) All complications can be eliminated from consideration.
(d) Poetic space images of today become the reality of tomorrow.

14. Where is the character, Emily, when she recognizes that she has withdrawn into herself?
(a) Her palace.
(b) A boat.
(c) Climbing a tree.
(d) Her childhood home.

15. For the Ancients, the shell is a symbol of what?
(a) The hut.
(b) The origin of man.
(c) The human body that encases the soul like an envelope.
(d) The creation of earth.

Short Answer Questions

1. Bachelard prefers to use the term "vast" to describe what?

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

3. In Bachelard's topoanalysis, in which level of a house does common sense live?

4. What does a phenomenologist look for?

5. According to the author, the cuckoo can be compared with which water creature?

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