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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Bataille say about his book "W.C."?
(a) It was a prophecy.
(b) It was opposed to all dignity.
(c) It was going to destroy the world.
(d) It was execrable and shouldn't be published.

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

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

4. 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 refuted Bataille's arguments.
(c) He praised the shocking images that would disturb the bourgeoisie.
(d) He condemned his pathological reasoning to the unreasonable.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom did the Popular Front join with?

2. What is the benefit Bataille sees to having more than one meaning in his work?

3. Where was Bataille born?

4. What does Bataille say was the driving force beneath his heterodox theory?

5. What did Bataille write while he was working?

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