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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. How does Bataille describe his father?
(a) Depressed and alcoholic.
(b) Blind, paralytic and syphilitic.
(c) Frequently ill and mentally unstable.
(d) Financially secure.

2. Who introduced Bataille to surrealism?
(a) Marcel Duchamp.
(b) Joan Miro.
(c) Andre Breton.
(d) Michael Leiris.

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

4. How should materialism be disclaimed, in "Materialism"?
(a) By replacing idealism with matter.
(b) By excluding all idealism.
(c) By superseding idealism with dialogue.
(d) By including all idealism.

5. When did Bataille form the Popular Front?
(a) 1935.
(b) 1929.
(c) 1941.
(d) 1933.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does surrealism rebel at first, in "The 'Old Mole' and the Prefix Sur in the Words Surhomme [Superman] and Surrealist"?

2. What did Bataille write while he was working?

3. What does the mole stand for in "The 'Old Mole' and the Prefix Sur in the Words Surhomme [Superman] and Surrealist"?

4. What principles does Bataille say men associate with height in "The Big Toe"?

5. How did Leiris portray Bataille to Breton?

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