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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section II (1932-1935).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What flower is Marquis de Sade plucking petals off, at the end of "The Language of Flowers"?
(a) A lily.
(b) A rose.
(c) A daisy.
(d) A carnation.

2. What did professor Hartmann dispute about the treatment of the Marx/Hegel dialectic?
(a) He objects that it is based on pseudo-science.
(b) He objects that it is only applicable in certain cases.
(c) He objects that it is not grounded in political science.
(d) He objects that it is not a law of reality.

3. Whom did Bataille join with to form the Popular Front?
(a) Marx.
(b) Marinetti.
(c) Breton.
(d) Picasso.

4. What form does Bataille take after being a boy in "[Dream]"?
(a) A girl.
(b) A priest.
(c) An American gentleman.
(d) A butcher.

5. What does Bataille say coitus is associated with, in "The Solar Anus"?
(a) Crime.
(b) Comedy.
(c) Prayer.
(d) Business.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Bataille describe the Mithraic cult ritual of the sun in "Rotten Sun"?

2. What does Bataille say was the driving force beneath his heterodox theory?

3. How should materialism be disclaimed, in "Materialism"?

4. What does Bataille describe in "The Critique of the Foundations of the Hegelian Dialectic"?

5. What effect do flowers have on love, in "The Language of Flowers"?

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