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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. The philosopher Minkowski conducted an analysis of what?

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

3. For Bachelard, what do primal images of nests and shells offer to a person?

4. When should metaphor be used, in Bachelard's opinion?

5. Bachelard wishes to distinguish between metaphor and what?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What is "La Redousse?"

4. 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"?

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

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

7. What is the "objectivity" of a house as described by Bachelard?

8. As explained by Bachelard, what is the beingness, or ontology, of the poetic image?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

As mentioned in "Introduction," discuss the distinct viewpoints of The Poet and The Phenomenologist (capitalized to indicate their stature as characters of type in "The Poetics of Space"), as contrasted with Bachelard's own former identity, the scientist?

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