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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. Where did Bataille go to school?
(a) Ecole des Beaux Artes.
(b) Ecole des Chartres.
(c) Lycée Henry IV.
(d) Lycée International.

5. In what piece of writing did Bataille record his childhood?
(a) The Lugubrious Game.
(b) The Language of Flowers.
(c) [Dream].
(d) The Eye.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Breton call Bataille?

2. What two stances did Bataille combine?

3. When did Bataille and his mother abandon his father?

4. When was "Acephale" published?

5. In whose hands does Bataille describe conspicuous consumption as a tool?

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