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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Central to the argument in "The House, from Cellar to Garret . . .," which statement is most indicative of cellar fears?
(a) Cellar fears may be reasoned away.
(b) Cellar fears indicate childhood trauma.
(c) Cellar fears take longer to fade, and remain tentative and unknown.
(d) Cellar fears precede mental illness.

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

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

5. Poetic imagery is real, according to Bachelard, even though it is not subject to what?
(a) Rules of household order.
(b) Rules of logic.
(c) Rules of the marketplace.
(d) Rules of grammar.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Bachelard, which level of a house is always dark and shadowy, like the unconscious?

2. Why is the city house no longer cosmic for the author?

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

4. Which professional professes to understand and interpret images?

5. What is another word for ontology?

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