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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Introduction.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did Bataille deny his faith?
(a) 1920.
(b) 1919.
(c) 1911.
(d) 1913.

2. How does Bataille describe his father?
(a) Frequently ill and mentally unstable.
(b) Depressed and alcoholic.
(c) Blind, paralytic and syphilitic.
(d) Financially secure.

3. What two stances did Bataille combine?
(a) Merging and independence of men and women.
(b) Fulfillment and hollowing of man.
(c) Elevation and desecration of man.
(d) Sacrilege and holiness of religion.

4. What was the subject of Bataille's first pamphlet?
(a) Praise of his mother.
(b) Praise of Cathedral Notre Dame des Reims.
(c) Criticism of his father.
(d) Criticism of his religion.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In what piece of writing did Bataille record his childhood?

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

3. What was the "Acephale" group's primary purpose?

4. Why did Bataille attack Nietzsche?

5. What did Bataille say about his book "W.C."?

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