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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. Central to the author's main theme in "Nests," how does a simple image avoid intimidation?
(a) Majesty.
(b) Repetition.
(c) Color.
(d) Rhythm and rhyme.

2. Which statement does Bachelard determine is most indicative of attic fears?
(a) Attic fears take longer fade, and remain tentative and unknown.
(b) Attic fears may be reasoned away.
(c) Attic fears indicate childhood trauma.
(d) Attic fears indicate spiritual unrest.

3. What do poets create, according to Bachelard, to transcend conflicted night dreams?
(a) Poetic descriptions of the night.
(b) New resolutions to nightmares.
(c) New memories.
(d) Poetic daydreams.

4. What are resonances as defined by Bachelard?
(a) Internalities, that which we hear.
(b) Externalities, that which we hear.
(c) Externalities, that which we say.
(d) Internalities, that which we say.

5. What romantic notion does Bachelard dispute?
(a) The lover's nest.
(b) Poetic imagery.
(c) The refuge of the forest.
(d) The magic of rainbows.

Short Answer Questions

1. A poetic image is independent of what according to Bachelard?

2. As explained in "The House, from Cellar to Garret . . .," what is the main benefit of a house?

3. To what iconic Van Gogh image does the author compare a bird's nest on the ground?

4. Which level of a house is protected with strong beams and rafters, and, states the author, has darkness that disappears in daylight?

5. Bachelard realized his acquired knowledge in science was inadequate to understand 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. As explained by Bachelard, what is the beingness, or ontology, of the poetic image?

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

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

5. How does Bachelard describe oneiric houses?

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

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

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

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

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