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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. Which is the least significant element in the composition of a poem in Bachelard's opinion?

2. Bachelard uses what to illustrate the reality of poetic imagery?

3. What is a dream house for Bachelard?

4. Using a metaphor, a happy household can be compared to what, according to the author?

5. Which statement does Bachelard determine is most indicative of attic fears?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Bachelard describe oneiric houses?

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

4. What is a house for a phenomenologist?

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

6. How does Pasternak describe a nest?

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

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

9. How do poets, psychologists, and psychoanalysts differ in their views of locks and closed boxes in the opinion of Bachelard?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why is the ability to imagine a major power of human nature? How is an imagined poetic image different from the things surrounding us that can be seen?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Why does Bachelard feel the need to dephilosophize and undo psychoanalysis in order to take a fresh approach to the process of imagination?

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