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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. Who arranged Bataille's psychoanalytic cure?
(a) Dr. Adler.
(b) Dr. Dausse.
(c) Dr. Jung.
(d) Dr. Rank.

2. What writer coined the term conspicuous consumption?
(a) Marx.
(b) Hegel.
(c) Engels.
(d) Veblen.

3. What did Breton call Bataille?
(a) A prophet.
(b) An excremental philosopher.
(c) A incremental writing whore.
(d) A dubious genius.

4. When did Bataille publish "W.C."?
(a) 1913.
(b) 1920.
(c) 1926.
(d) 1902.

5. What paradoxical action does Bataille describe in "Materialism"?
(a) The desire to stop using language for natural functions.
(b) The attempt to rid one's thoughts of spiritualism.
(c) The attempt to translate sex into language.
(d) The attempt to free the eye from aesthetics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did "Acephale" primarily consist of?

2. How long does Bataille ride his bicycle for in "[Dream]"?

3. What two stances did Bataille combine?

4. Who introduced Bataille to surrealism?

5. What does standing upright do for man in "The Big Toe"?

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