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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 does Bataille say dominates history in "Popular Front in the Street"?
(a) Fascists.
(b) Democracies.
(c) Revolutions.
(d) Technologies.

2. What two stances did Bataille combine?
(a) Sacrilege and holiness of religion.
(b) Fulfillment and hollowing of man.
(c) Elevation and desecration of man.
(d) Merging and independence of men and women.

3. When did Bataille publish "W.C."?
(a) 1902.
(b) 1920.
(c) 1913.
(d) 1926.

4. Whom does Bataille refer to as untouchables in "Psychological Structure of Fascism"?
(a) The rich.
(b) The sovereign.
(c) The workers.
(d) The impoverished.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Breton's response to Bataille?

2. What does Bataille claim the world is in "The Solar Anus"?

3. What relationship do the writings in Section II have to the writings in Section I?

4. How do the rats appear in "[Dream]"?

5. Where did Bataille work until 1942?

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