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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 his first pamphlet?
(a) 1918.
(b) 1924.
(c) 1921.
(d) 1919.

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

3. What two stances did Bataille combine?
(a) Merging and independence of men and women.
(b) Sacrilege and holiness of religion.
(c) Elevation and desecration of man.
(d) Fulfillment and hollowing of man.

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

5. When did Bataille and his mother abandon his father?
(a) When the Germans arrived in 1915.
(b) When the mother took a job in Paris.
(c) When the father was imprisoned.
(d) When the father went insane.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Whom does Bataille contrast to the sovereign in "Psychological Structure of Fascism"?

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

4. In what piece of writing did Bataille record his childhood?

5. What does Bataille say conspicuous consumption was used for?

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