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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section I (1927-1930).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do the rats appear in "[Dream]"?
(a) Crawling in ditches.
(b) Scratching in the walls.
(c) Swimming in the bilge.
(d) Hanging by their tails.

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

3. Who introduced Bataille to surrealism?
(a) Andre Breton.
(b) Joan Miro.
(c) Marcel Duchamp.
(d) Michael Leiris.

4. Where was Bataille born?
(a) Paris.
(b) Pau.
(c) Nancy.
(d) Reims.

5. Why did Bataille leave his job in 1942?
(a) He was ill.
(b) He fled the Germans.
(c) He was fired.
(d) He died.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What form does Bataille take after being a boy in "[Dream]"?

3. When did Bataille deny his faith?

4. What was the subject of Bataille's first pamphlet?

5. How did Leiris portray Bataille to Breton?

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