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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. In "Sacrificial Mutilation and the Severed Ear of Vincent Van Gogh", how long does Bataille say it took Van Gogh to paint suns after his self-mutilation?
(a) Six months.
(b) Two years.
(c) Nine months.
(d) Fifteen months.

2. What flower is Marquis de Sade plucking petals off, at the end of "The Language of Flowers"?
(a) A lily.
(b) A carnation.
(c) A rose.
(d) A daisy.

3. How is the question of 'what exists compared to what appears' resolved, in "Sacrifices"?
(a) By unraveling the mystery of language.
(b) By answering what is required to exist for moral value.
(c) By moving beyond questions of present and past.
(d) By accepting the duality of latent and manifest action.

4. How does Bataille describe his thinking in "Popular Front in the Street"?
(a) He said he worshiped the masses.
(b) He said he had a paradoxical fascist tendency.
(c) He said he had an indomitable democratic streak.
(d) He said he could not escape from the logic of fascism.

5. When was "Acephale" published?
(a) 1933 to 1937.
(b) 1942 to 1946.
(c) 1936 to 1939.
(d) 1931 to 1944.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Bataille describe in "The Lugubrious Game"?

2. What does Bataille say about the knife whose handle and blade are changed indefinitely?

3. What value does money articulate for workers?

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

5. What did professor Hartmann dispute about the treatment of the Marx/Hegel dialectic?

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