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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section II (1932-1935).

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where does Bataille recall riding his bicycle in Reims, in "[Dream]"?
(a) In the schoolyard.
(b) On the beach.
(c) In his house.
(d) Through the streets.

3. How does dialectic operate in "Notion of Expenditure"?
(a) It prevents revolution.
(b) It pacifies the proletariat.
(c) It results from revolution.
(d) It animates class struggle.

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

5. Under whom does fascism unite society, in Bataille's account?
(a) A leader who identifies with the state.
(b) A leader who represents the lower common denominator of society.
(c) A leader who identifies with the individual everyman.
(d) A leader who represents the aristocratic self.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the two forms of heterogeneity Bataille introduces in "Psychological Structure of Fascism"?

2. Where was Bataille born?

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

4. Whom does Bataille contrast to the sovereign in "Psychological Structure of Fascism"?

5. How did Andre Masson establish the tone of his book of drawings?

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