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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. Who, according to Bachelard, sees everything as small from atop their towers of domination?

2. What image does Bachelard propose to give a door sacred character?

3. How is Tom Thumb killed?

4. Which French scholar envisioned a fortress town based on the spiral design of shells?

5. What does a phenomenologist look for?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does the Hughes character, Emily, reveal the concept of "invented childhood"?

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

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

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

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

7. 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"?

8. In the opinion of Bachelard, how do dreams of the shell affect the mind? What Baltrusaitis notion illustrates this effect?

9. Why did Diole, an expert on under-sea life, write about the desert?

10. What effect does proximity to the horizon have on all things seen?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the nest-making method proposed by MIchelet in "Nests," and also describe the shell-building technique proposed by Robinet in "Shells." Why is Bachelard interested in these fanciful theories of building in nature?

Essay Topic 2

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 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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