Visions of Excess: Selected Writings, 1927-1939 Quiz | Two Week Quiz A

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Visions of Excess: Selected Writings, 1927-1939 Quiz | Two Week Quiz A

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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section II (1932-1935).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did professor Hartmann dispute about the treatment of the Marx/Hegel dialectic?
(a) He objects that it is based on pseudo-science.
(b) He objects that it is only applicable in certain cases.
(c) He objects that it is not a law of reality.
(d) He objects that it is not grounded in political science.

2. What is the benefit Bataille sees to having more than one meaning in his work?
(a) It gives a clearer statement of his thought.
(b) It keeps the reader uncomfortable.
(c) It keeps all Bataille's options open.
(d) It demonstrates the impossibility of truth.

3. What does Bataille say his father looked like in "[Dream]"?
(a) A star.
(b) A vulture.
(c) A house.
(d) A toad.

4. Who introduced Bataille to surrealism?
(a) Michael Leiris.
(b) Marcel Duchamp.
(c) Joan Miro.
(d) Andre Breton.

5. What did Bataille describe in "The Lugubrious Game"?
(a) Bestiality.
(b) Sex play with eyeballs.
(c) A brown smudge.
(d) Anal fixation.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Bataille say about his book "W.C."?

2. What does Bataille say conspicuous consumption was used for?

3. What did Bataille intend to define "The Critique of the Foundations of the Hegelian Dialectic"?

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

5. What value does money articulate for workers?

(see the answer key)

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