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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 does Bataille describe the mandrake root?
(a) Human.
(b) Holy.
(c) Obscene.
(d) Noisy.

2. Who arranged Bataille's psychoanalytic cure?
(a) Dr. Dausse.
(b) Dr. Jung.
(c) Dr. Rank.
(d) Dr. Adler.

3. When did George Bataille die?
(a) 1942.
(b) 1935.
(c) 1939.
(d) 1962.

4. What are flowers not matched by, in "The Language of Flowers"?
(a) A show of human love.
(b) The purity of the sunshine.
(c) The work of bees.
(d) The corrupt hands that pick them.

5. Where did Bataille work until 1942?
(a) Ecole des Beaux Artes.
(b) El Prado in Spain.
(c) Bibliotheque Nationale in Paris.
(d) The National Gallery in London.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When was George Bataille born?

3. Where did "[Dream]" originate?

4. What was Bataille afraid of as a child?

5. Why did Bataille attack Nietzsche?

(see the answer key)

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