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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 deny his faith?
(a) 1920.
(b) 1919.
(c) 1913.
(d) 1911.

2. What did Breton call Bataille?
(a) A dubious genius.
(b) A prophet.
(c) An excremental philosopher.
(d) A incremental writing whore.

3. How does Bataille describe his thinking in "Popular Front in the Street"?
(a) He said he had a paradoxical fascist tendency.
(b) He said he had an indomitable democratic streak.
(c) He said he could not escape from the logic of fascism.
(d) He said he worshiped the masses.

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

5. Where was Bataille born?
(a) Pau.
(b) Reims.
(c) Paris.
(d) Nancy.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom did the Popular Front join with?

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

3. What were Bataille's feelings for Breton?

4. When did Bataille publish his first pamphlet?

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

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