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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 realized his acquired knowledge in science was inadequate to understand what?
2. For Bachelard, what do primal images of nests and shells offer to a person?
3. When should metaphor be used, in Bachelard's opinion?
4. How is a nest connected to the foliage of the forest according to the author?
5. Who claimed that only the image can keep up with the changes of nature?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is the concept of pure sublimation as put forth by Bachelard, and why is it useful?
2. As stated by the author in "House and Universe," what is the significance of old houses one used to live in?
3. What is topophilia, according to Bachelard?
4. Why does Bachelard focus on the isolated poetic image, even though it is the least significant element in the composition of a poem?
5. As explained by Bachelard, what is the beingness, or ontology, of the poetic image?
6. What, according to Bachelard, is the homology that exists between a small box and a person's psychology of secrecy?
7. After years of study as a scientist, Bachelard shifted his attention to what new reality?
8. For Bachelard, how is a nest connected with the foliage of the forest?
9. What, according to Bachelard, is a dream house?
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?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
In the view of a phenomenologist, how does an individual inhabit his vital space? What is the anthropo-cosmology of a space?
Essay Topic 2
Why does Bachelard feel the need to dephilosophize and undo psychoanalysis in order to take a fresh approach to the process of imagination?
Essay Topic 3
Why does Bachelard cite so many writers and great thinkers to shore up his theories rather than create his own isolated narrative? Is his need to cite authors for "evidence" a remnant of his scientifically-oriented mode of thinking? Is his technique successful?
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