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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The philosopher Minkowski conducted an analysis of what?
(a) Beingness.
(b) Poetic imagery.
(c) Causality.
(d) Reverberation.

2. What is Bachelard's metaphor of the chrysalis?
(a) From the cottage chrysalis, the winged manor flies.
(b) From the unnoticed chrysalis, the flamboyant butterfly flies.
(c) From the sturdy chrysalis, the delicate butterfly emerges.
(d) From the childhood chrysalis, the butterfly moves to a new house.

3. For Bachelard, the well-being of a nest diminishes what?
(a) The desire to find a new home.
(b) Scientific objectivity.
(c) The need for poetic expression.
(d) Hostility of the world.

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

5. What description does Bachelard give to Bergson's drawer metaphor?
(a) Pop psychology.
(b) Negative objectivity.
(c) Dry poetics.
(d) Dry rationalism.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who claimed that no man can build a nest as well as a small animal or bird?

2. How does Bachelard describe images that attribute human qualities to a nest?

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

4. What is another word for ontology?

5. Bergson called drawers concepts into which what is classified?

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