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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How is a cathedral similar to a snail shell in the opinion of Bachelard?
(a) Quasimodo considered the cathedral to be claustrophobic, like a snail shell.
(b) Quasimodo inhabited the cathedral, with its nooks and crannies, as a snail inhabits its shell.
(c) Both seem born of their surroundings.
(d) Both are constructed of sturdy materials.

2. An inversion of perspective takes us where according to Bachelard?
(a) To the horizon where everything appears smaller.
(b) To the future where all is possible.
(c) To a rejection of scientific thought.
(d) Back to childhood with the reality of toys.

3. Who noted that inside seems cozier when the outside weather is severe?
(a) Bosco.
(b) Baudelaire.
(c) Bachelard.
(d) Rilke.

4. When a phenomenologist observes an extravagant daydream, what does the psychoanalyst see?
(a) Oneiric behavior.
(b) Anthropo-cosmology.
(c) Ontogenesis.
(d) Sexually-obsessed behavior.

5. Who created the tiny character Tom Thumb?
(a) Van Gogh.
(b) Hugo.
(c) Paris.
(d) Rilke.

Short Answer Questions

1. Bachelard uses what to illustrate the reality of poetic imagery?

2. Many houses are structured in levels, as described in "The House, from Cellar to Garret . . .,"appealing to what sense?

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

4. Through a magnifying glass, what does the first view of any phenomenon become in the author's opinion?

5. Valery's knowledge of geometry failed him in what regard?

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