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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is classical utility theory inadequate, in Bataille's opinion?
(a) Utility theory disregards values like honor and virtue.
(b) Utility theory relies on principles like honor and duty.
(c) Utility theory is not compatible with the Marxist imperative of class revolution.
(d) Utility theory mystifies economics with talk of revolution.

2. What does the homogeneous part of society purchase?
(a) Unions.
(b) Production.
(c) Capital.
(d) Workers.

3. How did Engels and Hartmann differ on the tenets of Hegel's "Philosophy of Nature"?
(a) Engels believed them, but Hartmann did not.
(b) Engels was indifferent to them, but Hartmann did not believe them.
(c) Engels did not believe them, but Hartmann did.
(d) Engels believed them, but Hartmann was indifferent.

4. Who developed the theory of conspicuous consumption?
(a) Karl Marx.
(b) Max Weber.
(c) Thorstein Veblen.
(d) John Dewey.

5. What type of men's 'being' does Bataille compare in "The Labyrinth"?
(a) A worker and a store-keeper.
(b) A man and a woman.
(c) An important man and a wanderer.
(d) A worker and a sovereign.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom does Bataille say can never touch the reality of earth?

2. What does Bataille say profit leads to, in "The Labyrinth"?

3. Where did Engels look for examples to test the dialectic method of Marx and Hegel?

4. What claim does Bataille make in "The Obelisk"?

5. What value does money articulate for workers?

Short Essay Questions

1. Summarize Nicolai Hartmann's interpretation of Hegel.

2. What pattern for self-discovery does Bataille offer in "The Sacred"?

3. How does Alfred Rosenberg clarify the issue of Nietzsche's relationship with the Fascists?

4. How does Andre Masson create the tone of the drawings in the book for which Bataille wrote a preface?

5. When does Bataille date the origin of the Popular Front to?

6. How does Bataille reconcile the opposition between self and world in "Sacrifices"?

7. What does Bataille see as the value of Christianity of in "The Notion of Expenditure"?

8. What will cause the death and resurrection of God, in Bataille's account in "Propositions"?

9. What is Bataille's theme in "The Labyrinth"?

10. How does a man find himself in "The Labyrinth"?

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