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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. Whom does Bataille refer to as untouchables in "Psychological Structure of Fascism"?
(a) The impoverished.
(b) The rich.
(c) The workers.
(d) The sovereign.

2. What two stances did Bataille combine?
(a) Sacrilege and holiness of religion.
(b) Elevation and desecration of man.
(c) Fulfillment and hollowing of man.
(d) Merging and independence of men and women.

3. How did fascists see Nietzsche?
(a) As a traitor.
(b) As a primary ancestor.
(c) As a martyr.
(d) As a prosecutor.

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

5. What does Bataille say Nietzschean pride comes from?
(a) The desire for personal power but not for social power.
(b) The power of language and the chaos of experience.
(c) The need for individuality in times when individuality is impossible.
(d) Life's disintegration and the will to power.

Short Answer Questions

1. Under whom does fascism unite society, in Bataille's account?

2. What principles does Bataille say men associate with height in "The Big Toe"?

3. Which of the following does Bataille NOT use as an example of unproductive expenditure without value beyond itself?

4. How does Bataille describe the mandrake root?

5. How does Bataille describe the Mithraic cult ritual of the sun in "Rotten Sun"?

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