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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Intimate Immensity.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The author theorizes that an unhappy child will draw what sort of a house?
(a) Cold, motionless, and rigid.
(b) Small and dark.
(c) Happy, with doorknobs and chimney smoke.
(d) A dream house.

2. For Bachelard, what does the metaphor of old forests that go on without limit represent?
(a) Man's search deep within.
(b) A search for fantasy.
(c) Immortality.
(d) A yearning for the childhood house.

3. As theorized by the author, forests come from a past, but what forms of vegetation are in the present?
(a) Fields and meadows.
(b) Seedlings and sprouts.
(c) Flowers.
(d) Individual trees.

4. According to Valery, how does a mollusk build?
(a) From the remains of old shells.
(b) From the inside as a living form.
(c) From outside, to enter later for protection.
(d) From an instinctive poetic vision.

5. What is able to invent forms emerging from shells that are beyond scientific research according to Bachelard's theories based on the work of Baltrusaitis?
(a) The mollusk.
(b) The imagination.
(c) Spirituality.
(d) Faith.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is a dream house for Bachelard?

3. Rilke wrote that storms seem more aggressive and hostile where?

4. Which is the best description of Diole?

5. Due to the intimacy of cherished objects, states Bachelard, housework can become what sort of activity?

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