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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. With what did Pasternak identify the nest?
(a) Poetry.
(b) The world and its center.
(c) Nature.
(d) The childhood house.

3. Victor Hugo's literary character, Quasimodo, described what as "egg, nest, house, country and universe"?
(a) Canterbury Cathedral.
(b) Aachen Cathedral.
(c) Notre Dame Cathedral.
(d) The Taj Mahal.

4. In the work of Milosz, how did he indicate that corners are not always safe?
(a) Corners can be hard and cold.
(b) Corners are sometimes bug-filled.
(c) Corners are pointy when inverted.
(d) Corners are sometimes hiding places.

5. In the works of Edgar Allan Poe, murder and mayhem usually occur where?
(a) In childhood homes.
(b) In criminal cellars.
(c) In the imagination.
(d) In dark attics.

Short Answer Questions

1. The works of Henri Bosco feature what areas, featuring connected passages with the possibility of escape?

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

3. For the author, what does a casket metaphorically provide?

4. What does Bachelard believe is an antidote for claustrophobia?

5. A home of other days is an example of what for Bachelard?

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