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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 did "Acephale" primarily consist of?
(a) Fascist rants.
(b) Anarchistic literature.
(c) Surrealist writing.
(d) Bataille's writing.

2. In whose hands does Bataille describe conspicuous consumption as a tool?
(a) The middle class.
(b) The rich.
(c) The intelligentsia.
(d) The poor.

3. How does Bataille describe his thinking in "Popular Front in the Street"?
(a) He said he worshiped the masses.
(b) He said he had a paradoxical fascist tendency.
(c) He said he could not escape from the logic of fascism.
(d) He said he had an indomitable democratic streak.

4. What does Bataille say the eye causes?
(a) Reverence.
(b) Despair.
(c) Desire.
(d) Anxiety.

5. When did Bataille form the Popular Front?
(a) 1929.
(b) 1933.
(c) 1941.
(d) 1935.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do philosophers use natural forms, in "The Language of Flowers"?

2. What are the two classes Bataille divides consumption into?

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

4. What was Bataille being punished for in "[Dream]"?

5. What form does Bataille take after being a boy in "[Dream]"?

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