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

2. What does Bataille say surrealism is, in "The 'Old Mole' and the Prefix Sur in the Words Surhomme [Superman] and Surrealist"?
(a) A surplus of idealism.
(b) A reaction against childhood idealism.
(c) A form of world-weariness.
(d) A childhood sickness of materialism.

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

4. What does standing upright do for man in "The Big Toe"?
(a) Lets him see things clearer.
(b) Hides his anus.
(c) Raises his head to the heavens.
(d) Distorts his vision with unnatural ideas.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What do flowers witness, in "The Language of Flowers"?

2. Why was Bataille annoyed while riding his bicycle?

3. What does Bataille feel about the rats in "[Dream]"?

4. How do the rats appear in "[Dream]"?

5. Why did Bataille attack Nietzsche?

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