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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does a conchologist classify shells?
(a) To better understand mollusks.
(b) To discover diversity.
(c) To determine the age of the planet.
(d) To find the origin of creation.

2. The author proposes that loving the space in a house that opens to anywhere is an example of what?
(a) Objective irony.
(b) Schizophrenia.
(c) Desire to move to a new house.
(d) Poetic irony.

3. According to Bachelin, which is the oldest season?
(a) Autumn.
(b) Winter.
(c) Summer.
(d) Spring.

4. Due to the intimacy of cherished objects, states Bachelard, housework can become what sort of activity?
(a) Creative.
(b) Mundane.
(c) Recreational.
(d) Group.

5. Bachelard wrote of the menagerie of what?
(a) Human existence.
(b) The hurricane.
(c) The storm cloud.
(d) Animal life.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. For the Ancients, the shell is a symbol of what?

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

4. What does a phenomenologist look for?

5. Who noted that inside seems cozier when the outside weather is severe?

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