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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through House and Universe.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The works of Henri Bosco feature what areas, featuring connected passages with the possibility of escape?
(a) Ultra-towers.
(b) Mega-attics.
(c) Super-cellars.
(d) Ultra-cellars.

2. Ultimately, as explained in "The House, from Cellar to Garret . . .," what can be used to communicate with other souls?
(a) Music.
(b) Poetry or daydreaming.
(c) Spirituality.
(d) Emerging from one's home to experience the world.

3. Which is the least significant element in the composition of a poem in Bachelard's opinion?
(a) Verse.
(b) Emotion.
(c) The isolated poetic image.
(d) Overall structure.

4. What is a primal image symbolic of a man keeping vigil according to Bachelard?
(a) A childhood home.
(b) A vacant house.
(c) A hermit's hut.
(d) A man dreaming of poetic imagery.

5. A poetic image is independent of what according to Bachelard?
(a) Causality.
(b) Imagination.
(c) Art.
(d) Reverberation.

Short Answer Questions

1. The author proposes that loving the space in a house that opens to anywhere is an example of what?

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

3. Topo-analysis is useful for studying what?

4. Which level of a house is protected with strong beams and rafters, and, states the author, has darkness that disappears in daylight?

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

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