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

2. What kind of eye does Victor Hugo describe in a poem Bataille cites?
(a) An eye of judgment.
(b) An eye of longing.
(c) An eye of conscience.
(d) An eye of surveillance.

3. How would you describe the images Bataille presents?
(a) Nonsensical.
(b) Cumulative.
(c) Incongruous.
(d) Complementary.

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

5. How does bourgeois society enslave and degrade poor men, in Bataille's opinion?
(a) By forcing them to compete with machines.
(b) By keeping them poor.
(c) By preventing them getting medical attention.
(d) By showering them with goods.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Bataille say his father looked like in "[Dream]"?

3. What did "Acephale" primarily consist of?

4. What did Breton call Bataille?

5. What does the mole stand for in "The 'Old Mole' and the Prefix Sur in the Words Surhomme [Superman] and Surrealist"?

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