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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. Where was Bataille born?
(a) Nancy.
(b) Pau.
(c) Paris.
(d) Reims.

2. What was the subject of Bataille's first pamphlet?
(a) Criticism of his religion.
(b) Criticism of his father.
(c) Praise of Cathedral Notre Dame des Reims.
(d) Praise of his mother.

3. How does dialectic operate in "Notion of Expenditure"?
(a) It pacifies the proletariat.
(b) It animates class struggle.
(c) It prevents revolution.
(d) It results from revolution.

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

5. When was "Acephale" published?
(a) 1933 to 1937.
(b) 1936 to 1939.
(c) 1942 to 1946.
(d) 1931 to 1944.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the rats doing in "[Dream]"?

2. When did George Bataille die?

3. What does Bataille say surrealism is, in "The 'Old Mole' and the Prefix Sur in the Words Surhomme [Superman] and Surrealist"?

4. When did Bataille publish "W.C."?

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

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