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

2. The author believes that a well-drawn representation of a house inspires observers to do what?
(a) Yearn for the childhood house.
(b) Daydream or contemplate.
(c) Build a dream house.
(d) Cherish their own homes.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Victor Hugo's literary character, Quasimodo, described what as "egg, nest, house, country and universe"?

2. For psychoanalysts, what do conflicted locks and keys in dreams symbolize?

3. A home of other days is an example of what for Bachelard?

4. What are reverberations as defined by Bachelard?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What is "La Redousse?"

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. How does Bachelard describe oneiric houses?

10. As theorized by Bachelard, what is the main benefit of a house, and what is the significance of the house one is born in?

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