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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 is the first stage of revolution, in "The Use Value of D. A. F. de Sade"?
(a) Appropriating the language with which groups claim power.
(b) Portraying your revolution as a utopian project destined to succeed.
(c) Expelling a group from power.
(d) Staking a claim to a new kind of authority.

2. What was Breton's response to Bataille?
(a) He lamented the absence of any real philosophy at the core of Bataille's writing.
(b) He praised the shocking images that would disturb the bourgeoisie.
(c) He condemned his pathological reasoning to the unreasonable.
(d) He refuted Bataille's arguments.

3. What feeling does Bataille exaggerate in "The Lugubrious Game"?
(a) Irreverence.
(b) Respect.
(c) Admiration.
(d) Mournfulness.

4. What does Bataille say conspicuous consumption was used for?
(a) Affirming the position of the rich.
(b) Devaluing the trappings of wealth.
(c) Destroying the foundation of wealth.
(d) Attacking the inequalities in the economy.

5. What is the benefit Bataille sees to having more than one meaning in his work?
(a) It gives a clearer statement of his thought.
(b) It keeps all Bataille's options open.
(c) It demonstrates the impossibility of truth.
(d) It keeps the reader uncomfortable.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why was Bataille annoyed while riding his bicycle?

2. What does Bataille feel about the rats in "[Dream]"?

3. What does Bataille say would result from a difference of events in his experience?

4. What value does money articulate for workers?

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

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