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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What critique does Bataille make in "The Critique of the Foundations of Hegelian Dialectic"?
(a) He demonstrated why dialectical materialism is inevitable.
(b) He mocks Marx and Engels for their idealism.
(c) He criticizes the Oversoul as a childish fantasy.
(d) He frees dialectical negation from Engels' mechanical abstraction.

3. What did Bataille describe in "The Lugubrious Game"?
(a) Bestiality.
(b) Sex play with eyeballs.
(c) A brown smudge.
(d) Anal fixation.

4. When was George Bataille born?
(a) 1897.
(b) 1892.
(c) 1902.
(d) 1899.

5. When did Bataille publish his first pamphlet?
(a) 1924.
(b) 1921.
(c) 1918.
(d) 1919.

Short Answer Questions

1. For what field did Bataille go to school?

2. How did Bataille rebel against his father?

3. How does Bataille describe his father?

4. What was Breton's response to Bataille?

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

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