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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. When a phenomenologist observes an extravagant daydream, what does the psychoanalyst see?

2. Through a magnifying glass, what does the first view of any phenomenon become in the author's opinion?

3. Baudelaire used the term "vast" to describe what?

4. Where is the character, Emily, when she recognizes that she has withdrawn into herself?

5. Valery's knowledge of geometry failed him in what regard?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the nature of Palissy's fortess?

2. In what way might a poet surprise an intellectual philosopher according to Bachelard?

3. How does the age of a forest compare with the ages of fields and meadows according to Bachelard's theory put forth in "Intimate Immensity"?

4. In the mind of Bachelard, what is the dichotomy of the corner?

5. According to Bachelard, why do old forests offer inner peace?

6. In folklore and poetry, according to Bachelard's theory, in what way does image size transpose?

7. What does Bachelard propose, to give a door sacred character? What is sacred about doors?

8. As described by Bachelard, what is the forced-choice form of geometric reasoning associated with inside and outside that clouds metaphor?

9. Through poetry, in the mind of Bachelard, what does calm become?

10. What is the human intimacy associated with corners as described by the author in "Corners"?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the significance of the struggle of Bosco's "La Redousse" against the menagerie of the hurricane. Why does Bachelin consider winter to be the oldest season reminding us of remote past? In "House and Universe," what does Bachelard state is the relationship between a house and the universe?

Essay Topic 2

In "Miniature," what does Bachelard mean when he states that miniatures are not just smaller large things? Consider views through a magnifying glass.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the concept of "invented childhood," as mentioned in "Corners." How does this relate to daydreaming and memories?

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