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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section II (1932-1935).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Bataille's 'me in the void' realize in "Sacrifices"?
(a) That he might cease to exist.
(b) That he might have to create himself.
(c) That he has dominion over everything.
(d) That he doesn't exist.

2. Where did "[Dream]" originate?
(a) In Bataille's childhood obsession with eyes.
(b) In Bataille's imagination.
(c) In Bataille's marriage.
(d) In Bataille's psychoanalysis.

3. What was the essay "Sacrifices" used as?
(a) As a preface.
(b) A review.
(c) A personal essay.
(d) A criticism.

4. What did Breton call Bataille?
(a) A incremental writing whore.
(b) A prophet.
(c) An excremental philosopher.
(d) A dubious genius.

5. What paradoxical action does Bataille describe in "Materialism"?
(a) The desire to stop using language for natural functions.
(b) The attempt to free the eye from aesthetics.
(c) The attempt to translate sex into language.
(d) The attempt to rid one's thoughts of spiritualism.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was "Acephale" published?

2. How does Bataille describe the Mithraic cult ritual of the sun in "Rotten Sun"?

3. What strategy does Surrealism use for presenting images?

4. Where did Bataille go to school?

5. Under whom does fascism unite society, in Bataille's account?

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