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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 intend to define "The Critique of the Foundations of the Hegelian Dialectic"?
(a) Dialectic aesthetics.
(b) Dialectic politics.
(c) Dialectic limits.
(d) Dialectic philosophy.

2. What do volcanoes serve as, in "The Solar Anus"?
(a) Mother earth's breasts.
(b) God's mouths.
(c) Penises.
(d) The earth's anus.

3. When did George Bataille die?
(a) 1942.
(b) 1935.
(c) 1962.
(d) 1939.

4. What does Bataille say coitus is associated with, in "The Solar Anus"?
(a) Crime.
(b) Prayer.
(c) Comedy.
(d) Business.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did "Acephale" primarily consist of?

2. How is the question of 'what exists compared to what appears' resolved, in "Sacrifices"?

3. How should materialism be disclaimed, in "Materialism"?

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

5. What two stances did Bataille combine?

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