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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The House, from Cellar to Garret, The Significance of the Hut.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Topo-analysis is useful for studying what?
(a) Isolated poetic images.
(b) The structure of a house.
(c) The structure of a poem.
(d) Psychoanalysis.

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

3. Childhood is held motionless, states Bachelard, by dreaming of what?
(a) The house where one was born.
(b) The phenomenology of motherhood.
(c) Nursery rhymes.
(d) Stick-figure drawings.

4. According to Bachelard, which level of a house is always dark and shadowy, like the unconscious?
(a) The attic.
(b) The sleeping level.
(c) The cellar.
(d) Every level.

5. Many houses are structured in levels, as described in "The House, from Cellar to Garret . . .,"appealing to what sense?
(a) The sense of superiority.
(b) The sense of vertical rising.
(c) The sense of being closer to God.
(d) The sense of escape.

Short Answer Questions

1. When memories reside in parts of a house, which of the following is true in the author's opinion?

2. What is a primal image symbolic of a man keeping vigil according to Bachelard?

3. As explained in "The House, from Cellar to Garret . . .," what is the main benefit of a house?

4. Memories and images of previous dwelling places converge where according to the author?

5. Ultimately, as explained in "The House, from Cellar to Garret . . .," what can be used to communicate with other souls?

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