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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Drawers, Chests and Wardrobes.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Due to the intimacy of cherished objects, states Bachelard, housework can become what sort of activity?
(a) Recreational.
(b) Creative.
(c) Group.
(d) Mundane.

2. When is the value of a house as intimate shelter most evident, according to Bachelard?
(a) When a new family moves in.
(b) When it is assailed by elements of nature.
(c) When it is immortalized by a poet.
(d) When it is vacant.

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

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

5. Bergson called drawers concepts into which what is classified?
(a) Experience.
(b) Knowledge or thinking.
(c) Psychological development.
(d) Dreams.

Short Answer Questions

1. Bachelard's topoanalysis considers houses with at most how many levels?

2. Poetic imagery is real, according to Bachelard, even though it is not subject to what?

3. For the author, what does a casket metaphorically provide?

4. Why does Bachelard disagree with Bergson's metaphor of drawers to describe the human brain?

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

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