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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whom does Bataille contrast to the sovereign in "Psychological Structure of Fascism"?
(a) The aristocrats.
(b) The ignoble workers.
(c) The middle class merchant.
(d) The Jews.

2. Why was it a mistake for Bataille to use his intellectual violence on Breton?
(a) Breton ruined Bataille in revenge.
(b) Breton's friends excommunicated Bataille from the surrealist circles.
(c) Breton might have promoted it.
(d) Bataille lost friends over the gratuitous attack.

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

4. What does Bataille say conspicuous consumption was used for?
(a) Destroying the foundation of wealth.
(b) Devaluing the trappings of wealth.
(c) Attacking the inequalities in the economy.
(d) Affirming the position of the rich.

5. Where did Bataille go to school?
(a) Ecole des Chartres.
(b) Lycée Henry IV.
(c) Lycée International.
(d) Ecole des Beaux Artes.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Bataille publish "W.C."?

2. Who contributed to "Documents"?

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

4. What were Bataille's feelings for Breton?

5. Whom does Bataille refer to as untouchables in "Psychological Structure of Fascism"?

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