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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 best description of Diole?
2. According to the author, the cuckoo can be compared with which water creature?
3. What are two opposing truths introduced by Bachelard in "Corners" regarding corners?
4. How is Tom Thumb's influence transposed into the sky?
5. What, in the opinion of Bachelard, moves the dreamer into the world of infinity?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is Robinet's theory of ontogenesis?
2. In the mind of Bachelard, what is the dichotomy of the corner?
3. For Bachelard, what occurs when a person allows himself to pass a threshold of absurdity?
4. What is the human intimacy associated with corners as described by the author in "Corners"?
5. As described by the author in "Miniature," how is any new phenomenon first viewed, when seen through a magnifying glass?
6. What two fears are contrasted by Michaux that may coexist even though they are opposites?
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. What effect does proximity to the horizon have on all things seen?
9. Why did Diole, an expert on under-sea life, write about the desert?
10. What is the nature of Palissy's fortess?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
How does the inner immensity of man compare with the immensity of the forest according to Bachelard in "Intimate Immensity"? Why is this comparison a paradox?
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
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?
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