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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What form does Bataille take after being a boy in "[Dream]"?
(a) A priest.
(b) A girl.
(c) An American gentleman.
(d) A butcher.

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

3. What writer coined the term conspicuous consumption?
(a) Marx.
(b) Veblen.
(c) Hegel.
(d) Engels.

4. What did Bataille write while he was working?
(a) A medieval romance.
(b) Articles on philosophy.
(c) Art criticism.
(d) Book reviews.

5. What film does Bataille cite in "The Eye"?
(a) L'Age d'Or.
(b) That Obscure Object of Desire.
(c) The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie.
(d) Andalusian Dog.

6. What claim does Bataille discuss in "The Deviations of Nature"?
(a) That nothing is more horrifying than man.
(b) That nothing is more horrifying that carnival freaks.
(c) That nothing is more horrifying than rats at carnivals.
(d) That nothing is more horrifying than snakes.

7. What are the rats doing in "[Dream]"?
(a) Swimming.
(b) Eating garbage.
(c) Eating each other.
(d) Trying to bite.

8. What interrupts the road in "[Dream]"?
(a) Children.
(b) Fishermen.
(c) Rats and vermin.
(d) Construction workers.

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

10. When did Bataille form the Popular Front?
(a) 1933.
(b) 1941.
(c) 1929.
(d) 1935.

11. What was Bataille being punished for in "[Dream]"?
(a) Staying up too late.
(b) Playing with a hoop.
(c) Wetting himself.
(d) Seeing his parents naked.

12. How should materialism be disclaimed, in "Materialism"?
(a) By excluding all idealism.
(b) By replacing idealism with matter.
(c) By including all idealism.
(d) By superseding idealism with dialogue.

13. What do volcanoes serve as, in "The Solar Anus"?
(a) The earth's anus.
(b) Mother earth's breasts.
(c) God's mouths.
(d) Penises.

14. How does Bataille describe the mandrake root?
(a) Obscene.
(b) Noisy.
(c) Holy.
(d) Human.

15. What does the mole stand for in "The 'Old Mole' and the Prefix Sur in the Words Surhomme [Superman] and Surrealist"?
(a) Materialists.
(b) Proletarianism.
(c) God.
(d) Surrealism.

Short Answer Questions

1. What feeling does Bataille exaggerate in "The Lugubrious Game"?

2. Who introduced Bataille to surrealism?

3. What were Bataille's feelings for Breton?

4. How does Bataille describe producing and selling in "The Use Value of D. A. F. de Sade"?

5. What does Bataille say the eye causes?

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