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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Baltrusaitis, what can leap from a shell when reality is dismissed?
(a) A snail.
(b) Man.
(c) A cat.
(d) A dog.

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

3. Ammonite shells spiral around what sort of axis?
(a) Logarithmic.
(b) Geometric.
(c) Rectangular.
(d) Circular.

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

5. What is Bachelard's metaphor of the chrysalis?
(a) From the unnoticed chrysalis, the flamboyant butterfly flies.
(b) From the childhood chrysalis, the butterfly moves to a new house.
(c) From the cottage chrysalis, the winged manor flies.
(d) From the sturdy chrysalis, the delicate butterfly emerges.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. According to the author, the cuckoo can be compared with which water creature?

3. Why should the adjective "ancestral" not be used in a study of poetic phenomenology, according to Bachelard?

4. What is a dream house for Bachelard?

5. The objectivity of a house, states Bachelard, is separate from what?

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