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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. Why was it a mistake for Bataille to use his intellectual violence on Breton?
(a) Breton ruined Bataille in revenge.
(b) Breton's friends excommunicated Bataille from the surrealist circles.
(c) Breton might have promoted it.
(d) Bataille lost friends over the gratuitous attack.

2. What feeling does Bataille say grows in response to revolutionaries?
(a) Disillusionment.
(b) Distrust.
(c) Faith.
(d) Messianism.

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

4. How does Bataille describe the Mithraic cult ritual of the sun in "Rotten Sun"?
(a) A priest stares into the sun to have a vision.
(b) A priest spatters a bull's blood on worshipers underneath.
(c) A worshiper puts out a priest's eye.
(d) A priest cuts a victim's throat on an altar.

5. How does dialectic operate in "Notion of Expenditure"?
(a) It results from revolution.
(b) It pacifies the proletariat.
(c) It prevents revolution.
(d) It animates class struggle.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Bataille describe producing and selling in "The Use Value of D. A. F. de Sade"?

2. What was the purpose of the Popular Front, in Bataille's account?

3. Why did Bataille leave his job in 1942?

4. What does Bataille say coitus is associated with, in "The Solar Anus"?

5. Who developed the theory of conspicuous consumption?

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