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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. What creatures' 'being' does Bataille compare in "The Labyrinth"?
(a) Man and dog.
(b) Snake and sponge.
(c) Bird and dog.
(d) Dog and sponge.

2. What does Bataille say is the only religion for fascists?
(a) Power.
(b) Race.
(c) Technology.
(d) Christianity.

3. What was Bataille being punished for in "[Dream]"?
(a) Seeing his parents naked.
(b) Staying up too late.
(c) Playing with a hoop.
(d) Wetting himself.

4. What relationship do the writings in Section II have to the writings in Section I?
(a) They were implicit in them.
(b) They were unprecedented.
(c) They were unrelated.
(d) They were logical extensions.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Bataille describe in "The Critique of the Foundations of the Hegelian Dialectic"?

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

3. How does dialectic operate in "Notion of Expenditure"?

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

5. What does Bataille say Nietzsche questions?

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