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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whom did Bataille join with to form the Popular Front?
(a) Breton.
(b) Marinetti.
(c) Marx.
(d) Picasso.

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

3. What was Breton's response to Bataille?
(a) He lamented the absence of any real philosophy at the core of Bataille's writing.
(b) He praised the shocking images that would disturb the bourgeoisie.
(c) He refuted Bataille's arguments.
(d) He condemned his pathological reasoning to the unreasonable.

4. How does Bataille describe his work?
(a) Hydrocephalic.
(b) Acephalic.
(c) Monocephalic.
(d) Bicephalic.

5. What did "Acephale" primarily consist of?
(a) Bataille's writing.
(b) Fascist rants.
(c) Surrealist writing.
(d) Anarchistic literature.

Short Answer Questions

1. What description fits with the "Acephale" group?

2. What did Bataille write while he was working?

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

4. When was George Bataille born?

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

(see the answer key)

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