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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. For psychoanalysts, what do conflicted locks and keys in dreams symbolize?
(a) Sexual intimacy.
(b) Temptations.
(c) New discoveries.
(d) Repression.

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

3. For Bachelard, breaking from the principles of scientific prudence is necessary in order to do what?
(a) Understand causality.
(b) Establish a metaphysics of the imagination.
(c) Relax at home.
(d) Study psychoanalysis.

4. Bachelard uses what to illustrate the reality of poetic imagery?
(a) The idea of a painting.
(b) Psychoanalysis.
(c) Science.
(d) The idea of a house.

5. According to Bachelard's topoanalysis, what term can be used to describe city apartments?
(a) Superimposed boxes.
(b) Superimposed cellars.
(c) Ultra-boxes.
(d) Ultra-cellars.

Short Answer Questions

1. Bachelard explains that the relationship between a small box and a person's psychology of secrecy is known as what?

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

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

4. Bachelard spent the majority of his career in what occupation?

5. The author believes that a well-drawn representation of a house inspires observers to do what?

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