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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 does Bataille describe producing and selling in "The Use Value of D. A. F. de Sade"?
(a) As excretory phases.
(b) As revolutionary phases.
(c) As consumptive phases.
(d) As primitive phases.

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

3. What does Bataille compare roots to, in "The Language of Flowers"?
(a) Corruption.
(b) Death.
(c) Human bodies.
(d) Visible leaves.

4. What does Bataille's 'me in the void' realize in "Sacrifices"?
(a) That he doesn't exist.
(b) That he has dominion over everything.
(c) That he might cease to exist.
(d) That he might have to create himself.

5. What does the title of "The Solar Anus" refer to?
(a) The source of all matter.
(b) The regeneration of the universe in stars that eat planets.
(c) The blinding effect of seeing a girl's anus.
(d) The passage out of purgatory.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long does Bataille ride his bicycle for in "[Dream]"?

2. What do volcanoes serve as, in "The Solar Anus"?

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

4. What was Bataille afraid of as a child?

5. How does Bataille describe the Mithraic cult ritual of the sun in "Rotten Sun"?

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