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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section III (1936-1939).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whom does Bataille refer to as untouchables in "Psychological Structure of Fascism"?
(a) The sovereign.
(b) The rich.
(c) The workers.
(d) The impoverished.

2. Who contributed to "Documents"?
(a) Rebel surrealists.
(b) Biologists.
(c) Literary critics.
(d) Librarians.

3. Which of the following is one of the directions recomposition of society can take?
(a) Technological dictatorship.
(b) Nihilism.
(c) Decomposing bureaucracy.
(d) Liberating myths.

4. What were Bataille's feelings for Breton?
(a) Supplication.
(b) Indifference.
(c) Hostility.
(d) Admiration.

5. What does the title of "The Solar Anus" refer to?
(a) The passage out of purgatory.
(b) The source of all matter.
(c) The regeneration of the universe in stars that eat planets.
(d) The blinding effect of seeing a girl's anus.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Bataille intend to define "The Critique of the Foundations of the Hegelian Dialectic"?

2. What results from acting in specialized areas, in Bataille's opinion in "The Labyrinth"?

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

4. What does Bataille describe as a symptom of cultural crisis?

5. What did "Acephale" primarily consist of?

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