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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. A poetic image is independent of what according to Bachelard?
(a) Art.
(b) Imagination.
(c) Reverberation.
(d) Causality.

2. Ultimately, as explained in "The House, from Cellar to Garret . . .," what can be used to communicate with other souls?
(a) Emerging from one's home to experience the world.
(b) Poetry or daydreaming.
(c) Spirituality.
(d) Music.

3. A woodpecker pecking in a tree can be compared to what in the author's continuing metaphor?
(a) Annoying neighbors who create a disturbance.
(b) A poetic anomoly.
(c) A psychoanalyst probing the psyche.
(d) A storm ravaging a house.

4. Using a metaphor, a happy household can be compared to what, according to the author?
(a) A flourishing nest.
(b) A soul at peace.
(c) A poem.
(d) A child's drawing.

5. What is a dream house for Bachelard?
(a) A home one dreams of owning or a home one purchases and alters.
(b) The largest house in the area.
(c) A house accessible only in dreams.
(d) A house that exists only in the poetic mind.

Short Answer Questions

1. Topo-analysis is useful for studying what?

2. For Bachelard, what do primal images of nests and shells offer to a person?

3. How did Bosco transform Bergson's drawer metaphor?

4. The painter, Vlaminck, compared the contentment of humans to what?

5. What is the ability to imagine?

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