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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 did Bataille say about his book "W.C."?
(a) It was a prophecy.
(b) It was opposed to all dignity.
(c) It was execrable and shouldn't be published.
(d) It was going to destroy the world.

2. What was Bataille afraid of as a child?
(a) Rats.
(b) Snakes.
(c) Spiders.
(d) The Rain.

3. What did Hegel claim about nature?
(a) That it was the human soul externalized.
(b) That it contained the world-spirit.
(c) That it was motivated by the Oversoul.
(d) That it was unreasonable.

4. What aspect of the Marx/Hegel dialectic did professor Hartmann test?
(a) Diagnostic accuracy.
(b) Aesthetics.
(c) Reasoning.
(d) Descriptive accuracy.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Bataille work until 1942?

2. Whom does Bataille refer to as untouchables in "Psychological Structure of Fascism"?

3. How did Andre Masson establish the tone of his book of drawings?

4. What was the essay "Sacrifices" used as?

5. Where does Bataille recall riding his bicycle in Reims, in "[Dream]"?

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