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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 Bataille describe in "The Lugubrious Game"?
(a) Bestiality.
(b) A brown smudge.
(c) Sex play with eyeballs.
(d) Anal fixation.

2. When did Bataille publish his first pamphlet?
(a) 1919.
(b) 1924.
(c) 1918.
(d) 1921.

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

4. When was "Acephale" published?
(a) 1936 to 1939.
(b) 1931 to 1944.
(c) 1942 to 1946.
(d) 1933 to 1937.

5. How did Bataille rebel against his father?
(a) By quitting school.
(b) By running away from home.
(c) By taking lovers.
(d) By becoming a Protestant.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Bataille form the Popular Front?

2. What does Bataille say poor people cannot stop rich people from doing?

3. What did "Acephale" primarily consist of?

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

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

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