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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Many houses are structured in levels, as described in "The House, from Cellar to Garret . . .,"appealing to what sense?
(a) The sense of being closer to God.
(b) The sense of escape.
(c) The sense of vertical rising.
(d) The sense of superiority.

2. What is contained within Milosz's corners?
(a) Poetic images.
(b) Memories of childhood.
(c) Objects remembered by a dreamer in solitude.
(d) Cobwebs.

3. The cynical character created by the poet Milosz reminisces where?
(a) In a tree.
(b) In his palace.
(c) In church.
(d) In a boat.

4. What description does Bachelard give to Bergson's drawer metaphor?
(a) Pop psychology.
(b) Dry rationalism.
(c) Dry poetics.
(d) Negative objectivity.

5. How is a nest connected to the foliage of the forest according to the author?
(a) It is hidden by the foliage, and constructed from the foliage.
(b) A nest is at the mercy of surrounding foliage during windstorms.
(c) Both inspire daydreaming and poetry.
(d) Both are wonders of nature.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what iconic Van Gogh image does the author compare a bird's nest on the ground?

2. In Bachelard's topoanalysis, in which level of a house does common sense live?

3. What does Bachelard identify as the fatal flaw of locked boxes?

4. According to Bachelard's topoanalysis, what term can be used to describe city apartments?

5. As explained by the author in "Drawers, Chests and Wardrobes," what value does an image have that a metaphor does not?

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