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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Introduction.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did Bataille publish his first pamphlet?
(a) 1918.
(b) 1919.
(c) 1924.
(d) 1921.

2. How did Bataille rebel against his father?
(a) By taking lovers.
(b) By quitting school.
(c) By becoming a Protestant.
(d) By running away from home.

3. How did Leiris portray Bataille to Breton?
(a) As a pornographer.
(b) As obsessed.
(c) As a prophet.
(d) As a genius.

4. In whose hands does Bataille describe conspicuous consumption as a tool?
(a) The middle class.
(b) The poor.
(c) The rich.
(d) The intelligentsia.

5. Why did Bataille attack Nietzsche?
(a) For megalomania and failure of ideas.
(b) For going insane.
(c) For admiring Emerson.
(d) For failing to embrace the decomposition of culture.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Bataille describe his father?

2. How does "The Language of Flowers" end?

3. Who contributed to "Documents"?

4. What did Breton call Bataille?

5. Whom did Bataille join with to form the Popular Front?

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