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

2. In the works of Edgar Allan Poe, murder and mayhem usually occur where?
(a) In the imagination.
(b) In childhood homes.
(c) In dark attics.
(d) In criminal cellars.

3. Why is the city house no longer cosmic for the author?
(a) The city house, or apartment, is usually not one's childhood home.
(b) The city house, or apartment, has no security because too many people live too close together.
(c) The city house, or apartment, has no verticality because elevators have replaced stairs.
(d) The city house, or apartment, has no intimacy because it shares common walls.

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

5. What is a commitment of the soul according to the author?
(a) Death.
(b) Psychoanalysis.
(c) Shelter.
(d) Poetry.

Short Answer Questions

1. Poetic imagery is real, according to Bachelard, even though it is not subject to what?

2. What is a dream house for Bachelard?

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

4. What is a primal image symbolic of a man keeping vigil according to Bachelard?

5. Topo-analysis is useful for studying what?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Pasternak describe a nest?

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

4. After years of study as a scientist, Bachelard shifted his attention to what new reality?

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

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

7. To what did Vlaminck compare the contentment of humans in their homes?

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

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

10. Why does Bachelard believe the ability to imagine is a major power of human nature?

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