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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which level of a house is protected with strong beams and rafters, and, states the author, has darkness that disappears in daylight?
(a) The main living area.
(b) Every level.
(c) The attic.
(d) The cellar.

2. What is another word for ontology?
(a) Beingness.
(b) Causality.
(c) Psychoanalysis.
(d) Poetry.

3. Which is the least significant element in the composition of a poem in Bachelard's opinion?
(a) Overall structure.
(b) Emotion.
(c) The isolated poetic image.
(d) Verse.

4. What is a primal image symbolic of a man keeping vigil according to Bachelard?
(a) A hermit's hut.
(b) A vacant house.
(c) A man dreaming of poetic imagery.
(d) A childhood home.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Bachelard theorizes that dreams of nests inspire what?

2. For Bachelard, topophilia can be described in what way?

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

4. Who noted that inside seems cozier when the outside weather is severe?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the significance of the wardrobe in relation to a house as described by the author in "Drawers, Chests and Wardrobes"?

2. As explained by Bachelard, what is the beingness, or ontology, of the poetic image?

3. What is topophilia, according to Bachelard?

4. What is the symbolism associated with a hermit's hut, as described in "The House, from Cellar to Garret, The Significance of the Hut"?

5. How does Pasternak describe a nest?

6. As theorized by Bachelard, what is the main benefit of a house, and what is the significance of the house one is born in?

7. For Bachelard, how is a nest connected with the foliage of the forest?

8. How do cellar fears differ from attic fears, based on Bachelard's theories in "The House, from Cellar to Garret, The Significance of the Hut"?

9. Why does Bachelard claim that daydreams of nests start us dreaming of security?

10. What is the concept of pure sublimation as put forth by Bachelard, and why is it useful?

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