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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. For Bachelard, topophilia can be described in what way?
(a) Fears related to a house's interior space.
(b) The nature of a plot of land, whether flat or sloped.
(c) Happy space that is eulogized and enjoyed.
(d) Fear of steep hillsides.

2. Who wrote of "La Redousse"?
(a) Bosco.
(b) Rilke.
(c) Bachelard.
(d) Baudelaire.

3. Bachelard spent the majority of his career in what occupation?
(a) Scientist.
(b) Poet.
(c) Architect.
(d) Psychoanalyst.

4. Bachelard realized his acquired knowledge in science was inadequate to understand what?
(a) The intricacies of architecture.
(b) The real estate market.
(c) The field of psychoanalysis.
(d) The poetic imagination.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In the works of Edgar Allan Poe, murder and mayhem usually occur where?

2. Central to the argument in "The House, from Cellar to Garret . . .," which statement is most indicative of cellar fears?

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

4. How does Bachelard say we experience a house buried in a blanket of snow in what way?

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

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