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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. What does a metaphor present?
(a) An intangible object described in full detail.
(b) An intangible object as a tangible notion that is otherwise difficult to express.
(c) A tangible object described in full detail.
(d) A tangible object as an intangible notion that is otherwise difficult to express.

2. Memories and images of previous dwelling places converge where according to the author?
(a) Poetry.
(b) The new house.
(c) The soul.
(d) The imagination.

3. A woodpecker pecking in a tree can be compared to what in the author's continuing metaphor?
(a) A poetic anomoly.
(b) Annoying neighbors who create a disturbance.
(c) A psychoanalyst probing the psyche.
(d) A storm ravaging a house.

4. What description does Bachelard give to Bergson's drawer metaphor?
(a) Dry poetics.
(b) Pop psychology.
(c) Negative objectivity.
(d) Dry rationalism.

5. When should metaphor be used, in Bachelard's opinion?
(a) Rarely, only to add complexity to a poem.
(b) Rarely, only when words are inadequate.
(c) Frequently, to stimulate creativity.
(d) Frequently, to add color and variety to expression.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Bachelard, which level of a house is always dark and shadowy, like the unconscious?

2. What is a dream house for Bachelard?

3. The painter, Vlaminck, compared the contentment of humans to what?

4. Ultimately, as explained in "The House, from Cellar to Garret . . .," what can be used to communicate with other souls?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Bachelard disagree with Bergson's metaphorical use of the drawer?

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

3. What is the "objectivity" of a house as described by Bachelard?

4. As stated by the author in "House and Universe," what is the significance of old houses one used to live in?

5. What is topoanalysis, according to Bachelard, with regard to a house and its hidden memories?

6. How do poets, psychologists, and psychoanalysts differ in their views of locks and closed boxes in the opinion of Bachelard?

7. What is topophilia, according to Bachelard?

8. What is the anthropo-cosmology of a house as described by Bachelard?

9. What is the difference between image and metaphor, for Bachelard?

10. What is a house for a phenomenologist?

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