Visions of Excess: Selected Writings, 1927-1939 Quiz Questions | Quiz: Section II (1932-1935)

Quiz: Section II (1932-1935)

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

Multiple Choice Questions

Directions: Circle the correct answer.

1. What kinds of expenditure does artistic production require?
a) Patron or market expenditure.
b) Public or patron expenditure.
c) Religious or secular expenditure.
d) Real or symbolic expenditure.

2. What is classical utility theory inadequate to define, in Bataille's opinion?
a) The value of tranquility.
b) What is useful to man.
c) What is aesthetically valuable.
d) The value of religious belief.

3. Where did Engels look for examples to test the dialectic method of Marx and Hegel?
a) Lived experience.
b) Religion.
c) Politics.
d) Nature.

4. Under what conditions can a state be democratic, in Bataille's opinion? (read more)