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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 was Mussolini's relationship with Nietzsche?
(a) He did not cite his influence on fascism.
(b) He named him as one of his inspirations.
(c) He claimed him as an ancestor.
(d) He refuted his arguments.

2. 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.

3. What is the first stage of revolution, in "The Use Value of D. A. F. de Sade"?
(a) Expelling a group from power.
(b) Staking a claim to a new kind of authority.
(c) Appropriating the language with which groups claim power.
(d) Portraying your revolution as a utopian project destined to succeed.

4. What description fits with the "Acephale" group?
(a) Secret society.
(b) Literature brotherhood.
(c) Community organizers.
(d) Political underground.

5. How do the rats appear in "[Dream]"?
(a) Swimming in the bilge.
(b) Scratching in the walls.
(c) Hanging by their tails.
(d) Crawling in ditches.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does fascism originate?

2. How does Bataille describe his work?

3. What does Bataille's 'me in the void' realize in "Sacrifices"?

4. What does Bataille say was the driving force beneath his heterodox theory?

5. What writer coined the term conspicuous consumption?

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