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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 did fascism use Nietzsche's writing to oppose?
(a) Sentimentalism.
(b) The current political system.
(c) The policies of Daladier.
(d) The view of the past being taught in German schools.

2. How did fascists see Nietzsche?
(a) As a traitor.
(b) As a prosecutor.
(c) As a primary ancestor.
(d) As a martyr.

3. What was the "Acephale" group's primary purpose?
(a) To come into contact with God in men.
(b) To recreate the myth of God.
(c) To kill God.
(d) To annihilate the idea of God.

4. What principles does Bataille say men associate with height in "The Big Toe"?
(a) Power and danger.
(b) Trustworthiness and leadership.
(c) Good and light.
(d) Strength and authority.

5. What does Bataille say the world offers modern man to love?
(a) God and religion.
(b) The progress of capitalism to communism.
(c) A society to be assumed.
(d) Nothing beyond self-interest.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did Bataille intend to define "The Critique of the Foundations of the Hegelian Dialectic"?

3. What does standing upright do for man in "The Big Toe"?

4. What did Bataille write while he was working?

5. Who is the audience for "The Practice of Joy before Death"?

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