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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 is another word for ontology?
(a) Causality.
(b) Beingness.
(c) Poetry.
(d) Psychoanalysis.
2. As understood by Bachelard, a house features which two seemingly conflicting dimensions?
(a) Height and width.
(b) Unity and complexity.
(c) House and home.
(d) Poetry and science.
3. The objectivity of a house, states Bachelard, is separate from what?
(a) The objects it contains.
(b) Subjective feelings and dreams.
(c) Its decor.
(d) Subjective matters of taste and style.
4. What is anthropo-cosmology?
(a) The transformation of a house-like object after it receives human body and soul.
(b) The transformation of a human body and soul when moving to a new house.
(c) The transformation of a human body and soul after death.
(d) The transformation of a house-like object when it is torn down.
5. As explained in "The House, from Cellar to Garret . . .," what is the main benefit of a house?
(a) To define boundaries.
(b) To protect property.
(c) To create cities.
(d) To shelter daydreaming.
Short Answer Questions
1. For Bachelard, why is the inner space of a wardrobe an intimate space?
2. What does a metaphor present?
3. The philosopher Minkowski conducted an analysis of what?
4. The author believes that a well-drawn representation of a house inspires observers to do what?
5. How is a cathedral similar to a snail shell in the opinion of Bachelard?
Short Essay Questions
1. How do poets, psychologists, and psychoanalysts differ in their views of locks and closed boxes in the opinion of Bachelard?
2. What is a house for a phenomenologist?
3. What is the symbolism associated with a hermit's hut, as described in "The House, from Cellar to Garret, The Significance of the Hut"?
4. How does Victor Hugo's character, Quasimodo, describe Notre Dame Cathedral? What functions do his feelings represent?
5. What is the difference between image and metaphor, for Bachelard?
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. As stated by the author in "House and Universe," what is the significance of old houses one used to live in?
8. To what did Vlaminck compare the contentment of humans in their homes?
9. What is the "objectivity" of a house as described by Bachelard?
10. What is the anthropo-cosmology of a house as described by Bachelard?
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