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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Bachelard spent the majority of his career in what occupation?

2. Bachelard wishes to distinguish between metaphor and what?

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

4. According to Bachelard's topoanalysis, what term can be used to describe city apartments?

5. In the works of Edgar Allan Poe, murder and mayhem usually occur where?

Short Essay Questions

1. How are old homes and nests similar according to Bachelard?

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

3. What, according to Bachelard, is the homology that exists between a small box and a person's psychology of secrecy?

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

5. What is "La Redousse?"

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

7. What is a house for a phenomenologist?

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

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

10. How does Victor Hugo's character, Quasimodo, describe Notre Dame Cathedral? What functions do his feelings represent?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss Bachelard's view of cellars and cellar fears as described in "The House, from Cellar to Garret, The Significance of the Hut." How does he use the works of Bosco and Poe to reinforce his view?

Essay Topic 2

In what way does Bachelard compare a snail shell with the interior of Quasimodo's huge box, Notre Dame? How does this comparison serve to shed light on Bachelard's main theme?

Essay Topic 3

What is Baudelaire's interpretation of the concept of "vast" as explained in "Intimate Immensity"? How and why does Bachelard disagree with Baudelaire's interpretation?

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