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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Dialectics of Outside and Inside.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the words of Bachelard, a mollusk that weighs fourteen pounds but with a shell that weighs five hundred or more pounds can be described in what way?
(a) A metaphor.
(b) A miracle.
(c) An immense dream of nature.
(d) An impossibility.

2. In the works of Edgar Allan Poe, murder and mayhem usually occur where?
(a) In childhood homes.
(b) In the imagination.
(c) In dark attics.
(d) In criminal cellars.

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

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

5. For the author, what does a casket metaphorically provide?
(a) The security of surrounding our inner self at death and burial.
(b) A chrysalis for new life.
(c) A finality to mourning.
(d) A barrier against evil.

Short Answer Questions

1. What can be said of a closed box, in the opinion of Bachelard?

2. As theorized by the author, forests come from a past, but what forms of vegetation are in the present?

3. A home of other days is an example of what for Bachelard?

4. Who often ignores the miniature worlds and objects in fairy tales in the author's opinion?

5. When is the value of a house as intimate shelter most evident, according to Bachelard?

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