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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. What does Bataille feel about the rats in "[Dream]"?
(a) They must be cleaned.
(b) They must be fed to snakes.
(c) They must be killed.
(d) The must be cleared out.

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

3. What does the title of "The Solar Anus" refer to?
(a) The passage out of purgatory.
(b) The source of all matter.
(c) The regeneration of the universe in stars that eat planets.
(d) The blinding effect of seeing a girl's anus.

4. Who arranged Bataille's psychoanalytic cure?
(a) Dr. Dausse.
(b) Dr. Adler.
(c) Dr. Jung.
(d) Dr. Rank.

5. What are the rats doing in "[Dream]"?
(a) Swimming.
(b) Trying to bite.
(c) Eating garbage.
(d) Eating each other.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do volcanoes serve as, in "The Solar Anus"?

2. How does Bataille describe the mandrake root?

3. What does Bataille remember his father spanking him with in "[Dream]"?

4. What are flowers not matched by, in "The Language of Flowers"?

5. Where was Bataille born?

(see the answer key)

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