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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. Bachelard believes that rooms and houses are psychological diagrams writers and poets use to analyze what?
(a) Architecture.
(b) Poetic structure.
(c) Intimacy.
(d) Dreams.

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

3. According to Bachelin, which is the oldest season?
(a) Autumn.
(b) Spring.
(c) Summer.
(d) Winter.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The author theorizes that an unhappy child will draw what sort of a house?

3. Childhood is held motionless, states Bachelard, by dreaming of what?

4. Who noted that inside seems cozier when the outside weather is severe?

5. Bachelard wishes to distinguish between metaphor and what?

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