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

2. Which of the following does Bataille NOT use as an example of unproductive expenditure without value beyond itself?
(a) Art.
(b) War.
(c) Public gardens.
(d) Luxuries.

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

4. What principles does Bataille say men associate with the feet in "The Big Toe"?
(a) Subversion and power.
(b) Labor and evil.
(c) Powerlessness and subservience.
(d) Evil and dark.

5. What did Bataille describe in "The Lugubrious Game"?
(a) Anal fixation.
(b) Sex play with eyeballs.
(c) Bestiality.
(d) A brown smudge.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Bataille say was the driving force beneath his heterodox theory?

2. What did Bataille say about his book "W.C."?

3. Where did Bataille go to school?

4. When was "Acephale" published?

5. What does Bataille say is the contradiction in Christians worshiping God?

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