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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 did Breton call Bataille?
(a) An excremental philosopher.
(b) A dubious genius.
(c) A incremental writing whore.
(d) A prophet.

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

3. Whom does Bataille say can never touch the reality of earth?
(a) Capitalists.
(b) Those who exploit the earth for profit.
(c) Those who do not understand it.
(d) Fascists.

4. What does Bataille describe as the only truly liberating act?
(a) Lovemaking.
(b) Art.
(c) Suicide.
(d) Revolutionary destruction.

5. What does Bataille say scientists said about the dialectic?
(a) It was demonstrated in evolution.
(b) It was incompatible with science.
(c) It was the one true science.
(d) It was a matter of faith.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Hegel claim about nature?

2. In what piece of writing did Bataille record his childhood?

3. What does Bataille describe as the result of individuals asking critical questions, in "Nietzschean Chronicle"?

4. How did Andre Masson establish the tone of his book of drawings?

5. What did fascism use Nietzsche's writing to oppose?

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