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

2. For Bachelard, why is the inner space of a wardrobe an intimate space?
(a) Clothing reveals dreams.
(b) When closed, the inner space disappears.
(c) Clothing is part of one's persona.
(d) Not everyone sees it.

3. Bachelard believes that rooms and houses are psychological diagrams writers and poets use to analyze what?
(a) Poetic structure.
(b) Dreams.
(c) Intimacy.
(d) Architecture.

4. As explained in "The House, from Cellar to Garret . . .," what is the main benefit of a house?
(a) To shelter daydreaming.
(b) To create cities.
(c) To protect property.
(d) To define boundaries.

5. Which professional professes to understand and interpret images?
(a) Psychologist.
(b) Philosopher.
(c) Psychoanalyst.
(d) Artist.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is a cathedral similar to a snail shell in the opinion of Bachelard?

2. A phenomenologist considers what regarding a house?

3. Who claimed that no man can build a nest as well as a small animal or bird?

4. Who, according to Bachelard, is able to enter the hidden space of the extreme?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Pasternak describe a nest?

2. Why does Bachelard focus on the isolated poetic image, even though it is the least significant element in the composition of a poem?

3. What is topophilia, according to Bachelard?

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

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

6. What, according to Bachelard, is a dream house?

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

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

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

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

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