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

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

3. What does Bataille say was the driving force beneath his heterodox theory?
(a) Oedipal terror.
(b) Obsession with excrement.
(c) Obsession with priests.
(d) Homoerotic terror.

4. What form does Bataille take after being a boy in "[Dream]"?
(a) A butcher.
(b) A girl.
(c) An American gentleman.
(d) A priest.

5. What flower is Marquis de Sade plucking petals off, at the end of "The Language of Flowers"?
(a) A carnation.
(b) A lily.
(c) A rose.
(d) A daisy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What characterizes man in "The Eye"?

2. In whose hands does Bataille describe conspicuous consumption as a tool?

3. In "Sacrificial Mutilation and the Severed Ear of Vincent Van Gogh", how long does Bataille say it took Van Gogh to paint suns after his self-mutilation?

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

5. Where was Bataille born?

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