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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does the mole stand for in "The 'Old Mole' and the Prefix Sur in the Words Surhomme [Superman] and Surrealist"?
2. What characterizes man in "The Eye"?
3. What did Bataille write while he was working?
4. Why was Bataille annoyed while riding his bicycle?
5. What does Bataille claim the world is in "The Solar Anus"?
Short Essay Questions
1. What was Bataille's relationship with Andrea Breton?
2. How would you characterize Bataille's thoughts on society and economy?
3. How does self-mutilation in "Sacrificial Mutilation and the Severed Ear of Vincent Van Gogh" relate to Bataille's description of body parts in other essays.
4. What does Bataille say about surrealism in "The 'Old Mole' and the Prefix Sur in the Words Surhomme [Superman] and Surrealist"?
5. What type of essay is "Formless"?
6. How does the notion of parody apply to the sun in "The Solar Anus"?
7. Describe Bataille's religion in childhood.
8. Describe the importance of the 'cephalus' in Bataille's thinking.
9. Describe Bataille's schooling.
10. How was Bataille's first book received?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Describe Bataille's opposition to dialectics. Is he consistent with his own anti-dialectic stance in his writing? Identify the places where Bataille's writing is most successful in opposing dialectics.
Essay Topic 2
Which does Bataille consider more horrifying, freaks, or violence to eyeballs? Describe what Bataille sees as horrific about these concepts and experiences.
Essay Topic 3
Bataille valued revolutionary concepts from Marx and Hegel, but when the National Socialists came to power in Germany, he organized the Popular Front to oppose it. Characterize Bataille's desire for revolution, in art, in culture, and in European politics.
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