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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do psychoanalysts refer to the duality of self?
(a) Open and closed.
(b) Contained and universal.
(c) Poet and scientist.
(d) Introvert and extrovert.

2. As explained by the author in "Drawers, Chests and Wardrobes," what value does an image have that a metaphor does not?
(a) Phenomenological value.
(b) Humanistic value.
(c) Artistic value.
(d) Aesthetic value.

3. A woodpecker pecking in a tree can be compared to what in the author's continuing metaphor?
(a) A storm ravaging a house.
(b) A psychoanalyst probing the psyche.
(c) Annoying neighbors who create a disturbance.
(d) A poetic anomoly.

4. Central to the author's main theme in "Nests," how does a simple image avoid intimidation?
(a) Majesty.
(b) Rhythm and rhyme.
(c) Color.
(d) Repetition.

5. Bergson called drawers concepts into which what is classified?
(a) Experience.
(b) Psychological development.
(c) Knowledge or thinking.
(d) Dreams.

Short Answer Questions

1. Bachelard believes that philosophers are condemned by their equals to live on which floor of a house, metaphorically speaking?

2. Bachelard wrote of the menagerie of what?

3. What does a metaphor present?

4. Who wrote of "La Redousse"?

5. In the work of Milosz, how did he indicate that corners are not always safe?

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