2. What does Bataille compare roots to, in "The Language of Flowers"?
(a) Corruption.
(b) Visible leaves.
(c) Death.
(d) Human bodies.

3. When did Bataille deny his faith?
(a) 1919.
(b) 1911.
(c) 1920.
(d) 1913.

4. Where does Bataille recall riding his bicycle in Reims, in "[Dream]"?
(a) In the schoolyard.
(b) On the beach.
(c) In his house.
(d) Through the streets.

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

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

7. What does Bataille claim the world is in "The Solar Anus"?
(a) Tragedy.
(b) Parody.
(c) Farce.
(d) Comedy.

8. What strategy does Surrealism use for presenting images?
(a) Layers of each image are stripped away until the essential truth is apparent.
(b) Opposite images are contrasted.
(c) The images are distorted beyond recognition.
(d) Images are piled on, one after another.

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

10. What were Bataille's feelings for Breton?
(a) Admiration.
(b) Supplication.
(c) Indifference.
(d) Hostility.

11. What was Bataille afraid of as a child?
(a) Snakes.
(b) The Rain.
(c) Rats.
(d) Spiders.

12. Whom did the Popular Front join with?
(a) Bureaucrats and Communists.
(b) Fascists and totalitarians.
(c) Democrats and Socialist Democrats.
(d) Communists and Socialists.

13. What does Bataille say about monsters in "The Deviations of Nature"?
(a) That they are necessary to keep people in line.
(b) That they represent the opposite of geometric regularity of form.
(c) That they are projections out of the ugliest part of humanity.
(d) That they are the best place to gain insight into people's feelings about themselves.

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

15. What did "Acephale" primarily consist of?
(a) Surrealist writing.
(b) Bataille's writing.
(c) Anarchistic literature.
(d) Fascist rants.