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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section I (1927-1930).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In whose hands does Bataille describe conspicuous consumption as a tool?
(a) The poor.
(b) The intelligentsia.
(c) The rich.
(d) The middle class.

2. How does Bataille describe producing and selling in "The Use Value of D. A. F. de Sade"?
(a) As primitive phases.
(b) As consumptive phases.
(c) As revolutionary phases.
(d) As excretory phases.

3. How do philosophers use natural forms, in "The Language of Flowers"?
(a) As symbols of sacred abstraction.
(b) As primitive forms of the things themselves.
(c) As symbols for the experience and association of natural forms.
(d) As metaphors for other natural forms.

4. What does the other self-mutilator (besides Van Gogh) do in "Sacrificial Mutilation and the Severed Ear of Vincent Van Gogh"?
(a) Drink his own blood.
(b) Put out his eye.
(c) Cut off his hand.
(d) Bite off his finger.

5. Whom did Bataille join with to form the Popular Front?
(a) Picasso.
(b) Marinetti.
(c) Breton.
(d) Marx.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Bataille afraid of as a child?

2. How long does Bataille ride his bicycle for in "[Dream]"?

3. What flower is Marquis de Sade plucking petals off, at the end of "The Language of Flowers"?

4. What was Breton's response to Bataille?

5. What does Bataille feel about the rats in "[Dream]"?

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