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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 claim does Bataille discuss in "The Deviations of Nature"?
(a) That nothing is more horrifying than snakes.
(b) That nothing is more horrifying that carnival freaks.
(c) That nothing is more horrifying than man.
(d) That nothing is more horrifying than rats at carnivals.

2. What is the first stage of revolution, in "The Use Value of D. A. F. de Sade"?
(a) Appropriating the language with which groups claim power.
(b) Expelling a group from power.
(c) Portraying your revolution as a utopian project destined to succeed.
(d) Staking a claim to a new kind of authority.

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

4. How did Leiris portray Bataille to Breton?
(a) As a genius.
(b) As a prophet.
(c) As a pornographer.
(d) As obsessed.

5. How does Bataille describe producing and selling in "The Use Value of D. A. F. de Sade"?
(a) As excretory phases.
(b) As primitive phases.
(c) As consumptive phases.
(d) As revolutionary phases.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long does Bataille ride his bicycle for in "[Dream]"?

2. What relationship do the writings in Section II have to the writings in Section I?

3. What paradoxical action does Bataille describe in "Materialism"?

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

5. What two stances did Bataille combine?

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