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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Drawers, Chests and Wardrobes.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are reverberations as defined by Bachelard?
(a) Externalities, that which we say.
(b) Internalities, that which we hear.
(c) Internalities, that which we say.
(d) Externalities, that which we hear.

2. What is another word for ontology?
(a) Beingness.
(b) Causality.
(c) Psychoanalysis.
(d) Poetry.

3. How does Bachelard say we experience a house buried in a blanket of snow in what way?
(a) As a warning of death.
(b) As a universal child from centuries earlier.
(c) As a baby in a cradle.
(d) As a butterfly in a chrysalis.

4. As understood by Bachelard, a house features which two seemingly conflicting dimensions?
(a) House and home.
(b) Unity and complexity.
(c) Height and width.
(d) Poetry and science.

5. When memories reside in parts of a house, which of the following is true in the author's opinion?
(a) The soul cannot be at peace unless residing in the childhood home.
(b) Dates of events are more important than the sense of where they occur.
(c) Dates of events are less important than the sense of where they occur.
(d) When a house is torn down, the memories fade.

Short Answer Questions

1. Bachelard realized his acquired knowledge in science was inadequate to understand what?

2. For Bachelard, breaking from the principles of scientific prudence is necessary in order to do what?

3. Which is the least significant element in the composition of a poem in Bachelard's opinion?

4. Why is the city house no longer cosmic for the author?

5. Which is the best description of "La Redousse"?

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