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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. When was "Acephale" published?
(a) 1942 to 1946.
(b) 1933 to 1937.
(c) 1931 to 1944.
(d) 1936 to 1939.

2. What is the first stage of revolution, in "The Use Value of D. A. F. de Sade"?
(a) Expelling a group from power.
(b) Appropriating the language with which groups claim power.
(c) Staking a claim to a new kind of authority.
(d) Portraying your revolution as a utopian project destined to succeed.

3. What does standing upright do for man in "The Big Toe"?
(a) Raises his head to the heavens.
(b) Distorts his vision with unnatural ideas.
(c) Hides his anus.
(d) Lets him see things clearer.

4. Whom does Bataille refer to as untouchables in "Psychological Structure of Fascism"?
(a) The workers.
(b) The sovereign.
(c) The rich.
(d) The impoverished.

5. When was George Bataille born?
(a) 1899.
(b) 1897.
(c) 1902.
(d) 1892.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who arranged Bataille's psychoanalytic cure?

2. What does Bataille say about monsters in "The Deviations of Nature"?

3. What principles does Bataille say men associate with height in "The Big Toe"?

4. How does Bataille describe his father?

5. What kind of eye does Victor Hugo describe in a poem Bataille cites?

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