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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 form does Bataille take after being a boy in "[Dream]"?
(a) A priest.
(b) A girl.
(c) An American gentleman.
(d) A butcher.

2. What flower is Marquis de Sade plucking petals off, at the end of "The Language of Flowers"?
(a) A rose.
(b) A carnation.
(c) A lily.
(d) A daisy.

3. What was the "Acephale" group's primary purpose?
(a) To kill God.
(b) To annihilate the idea of God.
(c) To come into contact with God in men.
(d) To recreate the myth of God.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When was George Bataille born?

2. When did George Bataille die?

3. What claim does Bataille discuss in "The Deviations of Nature"?

4. What two stances did Bataille combine?

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

(see the answer key)

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