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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. For Bachelard, breaking from the principles of scientific prudence is necessary in order to do what?
(a) Relax at home.
(b) Study psychoanalysis.
(c) Understand causality.
(d) Establish a metaphysics of the imagination.

2. Poetry stimulates what sort of response in the reader in the opinion of Bachelard?
(a) Fear of isolation.
(b) Appreciation for rhymes.
(c) A forgotten image.
(d) Rhythmic thoughts.

3. For Bachelard, why is the inner space of a wardrobe an intimate space?
(a) Clothing is part of one's persona.
(b) Not everyone sees it.
(c) Clothing reveals dreams.
(d) When closed, the inner space disappears.

4. Which is the best description of "La Redousse"?
(a) A humble house with no apparent resistance set alone on an island.
(b) A massive house, well fortified and set alone on an island.
(c) A massive house, well fortified and on a hillside above the city.
(d) A humble house with no apparent resistance on a hillside above the city.

5. What can be said of a closed box, in the opinion of Bachelard?
(a) It represents forgotten memories.
(b) It inspires the poetic spirit.
(c) It has more to see and experience than an open chest.
(d) It represents the human need for secrecy and confinement.

Short Answer Questions

1. Bachelard spent the majority of his career in what occupation?

2. Bachelard's topoanalysis considers houses with at most how many levels?

3. What does a metaphor present?

4. Many houses are structured in levels, as described in "The House, from Cellar to Garret . . .,"appealing to what sense?

5. Bachelard believes that rooms and houses are psychological diagrams writers and poets use to analyze what?

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