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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section I (1927-1930).

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Who contributed to "Documents"?
(a) Rebel surrealists.
(b) Librarians.
(c) Literary critics.
(d) Biologists.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What do flowers witness, in "The Language of Flowers"?

2. What interrupts the road in "[Dream]"?

3. How should materialism be disclaimed, in "Materialism"?

4. In whose hands does Bataille describe conspicuous consumption as a tool?

5. What are the rats doing in "[Dream]"?

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