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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. What movement does Bataille say in "The Sacred" was heir to Vincent Van Gogh and Rimbaud?
(a) Cubism.
(b) Surrealism.
(c) Transcendentalism.
(d) Dadaism.

2. What does the cross demand, at the end of "Sacrifices"?
(a) Struggle with the lower self.
(b) Struggle with insurmountable obstacles.
(c) Freedom from struggle.
(d) Embrace in struggle.

3. What does Bataille claim the world is in "The Solar Anus"?
(a) Parody.
(b) Tragedy.
(c) Farce.
(d) Comedy.

4. When did Bataille publish "W.C."?
(a) 1913.
(b) 1920.
(c) 1902.
(d) 1926.

5. What was Bataille summing up in his "Propositions"?
(a) His thoughts on the death of God.
(b) His thoughts on modern culture.
(c) His thoughts on sex and perversity in modern life.
(d) His thoughts on Nietzschean metaphysics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does surrealism rebel at first, in "The 'Old Mole' and the Prefix Sur in the Words Surhomme [Superman] and Surrealist"?

2. Where did Bataille work until 1942?

3. What kind of eye does Victor Hugo describe in a poem Bataille cites?

4. When did Bataille publish his first pamphlet?

5. When did George Bataille die?

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