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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. How does Bataille describe his memory of his father pulling down his pants in "[Dream]"?
(a) Humiliating and painful.
(b) Terrible and magnificent.
(c) Unimportant.
(d) Catastrophic.

2. What interrupts the road in "[Dream]"?
(a) Fishermen.
(b) Construction workers.
(c) Rats and vermin.
(d) Children.

3. How is the question of 'what exists compared to what appears' resolved, in "Sacrifices"?
(a) By answering what is required to exist for moral value.
(b) By unraveling the mystery of language.
(c) By accepting the duality of latent and manifest action.
(d) By moving beyond questions of present and past.

4. Why is classical utility theory inadequate, in Bataille's opinion?
(a) Utility theory disregards values like honor and virtue.
(b) Utility theory mystifies economics with talk of revolution.
(c) Utility theory relies on principles like honor and duty.
(d) Utility theory is not compatible with the Marxist imperative of class revolution.

5. For what field did Bataille go to school?
(a) Medieval librarian.
(b) Renaissance art critic.
(c) Writer.
(d) Philosopher.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the "Acephale" group's primary purpose?

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

3. How does Bataille describe producing and selling in "The Use Value of D. A. F. de Sade"?

4. What were Bataille's feelings for Breton?

5. What does Bataille say would result from a difference of events in his experience?

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