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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. How do the rats appear in "[Dream]"?
(a) Swimming in the bilge.
(b) Hanging by their tails.
(c) Crawling in ditches.
(d) Scratching in the walls.

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

3. What strategy does Surrealism use for presenting images?
(a) The images are distorted beyond recognition.
(b) Layers of each image are stripped away until the essential truth is apparent.
(c) Images are piled on, one after another.
(d) Opposite images are contrasted.

4. How did Bataille relate to Andre Masson's drawings?
(a) He saw himself as the lines and the paper themselves.
(b) He saw himself as the entire cosmos.
(c) He saw himself as the self in flight.
(d) He saw himself as the sick man.

5. Where did "[Dream]" originate?
(a) In Bataille's imagination.
(b) In Bataille's childhood obsession with eyes.
(c) In Bataille's marriage.
(d) In Bataille's psychoanalysis.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Hegel claim about nature?

2. Where was Bataille born?

3. When did Bataille deny his faith?

4. How did Leiris portray Bataille to Breton?

5. When was "Acephale" published?

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