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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. Where was Bataille born?
(a) Paris.
(b) Nancy.
(c) Reims.
(d) Pau.

2. What does Bataille say Nietzsche questions?
(a) How a people's spirit can be expressed.
(b) How an ideology can be invented.
(c) How an ideal can be discovered in the past.
(d) How a people's technology can be fulfilled.

3. What is the significance of the obelisk in "The Obelisk"?
(a) It organizes space by looming over it.
(b) It stands for the sovereign.
(c) It represents the ruling party.
(d) It represents captured glory.

4. What does Bataille say poor people cannot stop rich people from doing?
(a) Helping the poor.
(b) Buying influence.
(c) Wasting resources.
(d) Eluding prosecution for crimes.

5. What is classical utility theory inadequate to define, in Bataille's opinion?
(a) What is aesthetically valuable.
(b) The value of tranquility.
(c) What is useful to man.
(d) The value of religious belief.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Bataille say is analogous to the maternal breast?

3. When did Bataille form the Popular Front?

4. How did fascists see Nietzsche?

5. How does "The Language of Flowers" end?

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