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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 publish "W.C."?
(a) 1902.
(b) 1926.
(c) 1913.
(d) 1920.

2. Whom does Bataille contrast to the sovereign in "Psychological Structure of Fascism"?
(a) The Jews.
(b) The middle class merchant.
(c) The ignoble workers.
(d) The aristocrats.

3. What were Bataille's feelings for Breton?
(a) Admiration.
(b) Hostility.
(c) Indifference.
(d) Supplication.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does Bataille describe his thinking in "Popular Front in the Street"?

3. When did Bataille form the Popular Front?

4. Whom did Bataille join with to form the Popular Front?

5. Why did Bataille leave his job in 1942?

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