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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is able to invent forms emerging from shells that are beyond scientific research according to Bachelard's theories based on the work of Baltrusaitis?

2. What does Bachelard define as a coherent way to use reasoning to convincingly express primal images?

3. How does Tom Thumb's stature become believable?

4. What is forgotten by Milosz's cynical character?

5. What does every corner or angle in a house symbolize for Bachelard?

Short Essay Questions

1. What effect does proximity to the horizon have on all things seen?

2. For Milosz's cynical character, what is contained in the corners of the palace?

3. With regard to metaphoric levels of existence, Bachelard theorizes that poets differ from philosophers in what way?

4. How does Paris manage to make the tiny stature of Tom Thumb seem believable?

5. In what way might a poet surprise an intellectual philosopher according to Bachelard?

6. How are the hermit crab and cuckoo bird similar?

7. In folklore and poetry, according to Bachelard's theory, in what way does image size transpose?

8. How does the Hughes character, Emily, reveal the concept of "invented childhood"?

9. How do a psychologist and a phenomenologist differ when viewing a poetic image in Bachelard's opinion?

10. What two fears are contrasted by Michaux that may coexist even though they are opposites?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss Bachelard's view of cellars and cellar fears as described in "The House, from Cellar to Garret, The Significance of the Hut." How does he use the works of Bosco and Poe to reinforce his view?

Essay Topic 2

In what way does Bachelard compare a snail shell with the interior of Quasimodo's huge box, Notre Dame? How does this comparison serve to shed light on Bachelard's main theme?

Essay Topic 3

In "Miniature," what does Bachelard mean when he states that miniatures are not just smaller large things? Consider views through a magnifying glass.

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