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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which statement does Bachelard determine is most indicative of attic fears?
(a) Attic fears take longer fade, and remain tentative and unknown.
(b) Attic fears indicate spiritual unrest.
(c) Attic fears may be reasoned away.
(d) Attic fears indicate childhood trauma.

2. What does a metaphor present?
(a) A tangible object described in full detail.
(b) An intangible object as a tangible notion that is otherwise difficult to express.
(c) An intangible object described in full detail.
(d) A tangible object as an intangible notion that is otherwise difficult to express.

3. Psychoanalysis of artwork is primarily an analysis of what?
(a) Market value of art.
(b) Isolated poetic images.
(c) The personality of the artist.
(d) Mental stability.

4. Bachelard believes that rooms and houses are psychological diagrams writers and poets use to analyze what?
(a) Architecture.
(b) Dreams.
(c) Poetic structure.
(d) Intimacy.

5. What is the ability to imagine?
(a) A major power of human nature.
(b) A method of filling gaps in scientific understanding.
(c) A symptom of mental illness.
(d) A waste of the intelligent mind.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is a primal image symbolic of a man keeping vigil according to Bachelard?

2. According to Bachelin, which is the oldest season?

3. When is the value of a house as intimate shelter most evident, according to Bachelard?

4. The works of Henri Bosco feature what areas, featuring connected passages with the possibility of escape?

5. When should metaphor be used, in Bachelard's opinion?

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