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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section III (1936-1939).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How should materialism be disclaimed, in "Materialism"?
(a) By superseding idealism with dialogue.
(b) By excluding all idealism.
(c) By including all idealism.
(d) By replacing idealism with matter.

2. What description fits with the "Acephale" group?
(a) Secret society.
(b) Political underground.
(c) Literature brotherhood.
(d) Community organizers.

3. What does Bataille define as a way to humiliate, defy, or obligate a poorer person as a show of destruction of wealth?
(a) Public Assistance.
(b) Government subsidies.
(c) Potlatch.
(d) Welfare.

4. In what piece of writing did Bataille record his childhood?
(a) The Lugubrious Game.
(b) The Language of Flowers.
(c) [Dream].
(d) The Eye.

5. What feeling does Bataille exaggerate in "The Lugubrious Game"?
(a) Mournfulness.
(b) Admiration.
(c) Irreverence.
(d) Respect.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the significance of the image of the labyrinth in the "The Labyrinth"?

2. How does "The Language of Flowers" end?

3. What are flowers not matched by, in "The Language of Flowers"?

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

5. What does Bataille describe as the only truly liberating act?

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