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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 the Mithraic cult ritual of the sun in "Rotten Sun"?
(a) A worshiper puts out a priest's eye.
(b) A priest stares into the sun to have a vision.
(c) A priest spatters a bull's blood on worshipers underneath.
(d) A priest cuts a victim's throat on an altar.

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

3. What does Bataille say conspicuous consumption was used for?
(a) Attacking the inequalities in the economy.
(b) Affirming the position of the rich.
(c) Devaluing the trappings of wealth.
(d) Destroying the foundation of wealth.

4. What was Bataille being punished for in "[Dream]"?
(a) Playing with a hoop.
(b) Seeing his parents naked.
(c) Staying up too late.
(d) Wetting himself.

5. How does Bataille describe his thinking in "Popular Front in the Street"?
(a) He said he had an indomitable democratic streak.
(b) He said he had a paradoxical fascist tendency.
(c) He said he worshiped the masses.
(d) He said he could not escape from the logic of fascism.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom did the Popular Front join with?

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

3. When did Bataille publish his first pamphlet?

4. What was the subject of Bataille's first pamphlet?

5. What film does Bataille cite in "The Eye"?

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