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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 does Bataille say the world offers modern man to love?
(a) God and religion.
(b) A society to be assumed.
(c) Nothing beyond self-interest.
(d) The progress of capitalism to communism.

2. What is the benefit Bataille sees to having more than one meaning in his work?
(a) It demonstrates the impossibility of truth.
(b) It keeps the reader uncomfortable.
(c) It keeps all Bataille's options open.
(d) It gives a clearer statement of his thought.

3. What does Bataille say conspicuous consumption was used for?
(a) Attacking the inequalities in the economy.
(b) Destroying the foundation of wealth.
(c) Affirming the position of the rich.
(d) Devaluing the trappings of wealth.

4. How does Bataille describe his thinking in "Popular Front in the Street"?
(a) He said he worshiped the masses.
(b) He said he had a paradoxical fascist tendency.
(c) He said he could not escape from the logic of fascism.
(d) He said he had an indomitable democratic streak.

5. What does Bataille say dominates history in "Popular Front in the Street"?
(a) Revolutions.
(b) Democracies.
(c) Fascists.
(d) Technologies.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Bataille publish "W.C."?

2. How do philosophers use natural forms, in "The Language of Flowers"?

3. When did Bataille and his mother abandon his father?

4. What is the significance of the image of the labyrinth in the "The Labyrinth"?

5. Who is Elisabeth Judas-Forster?

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