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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section III (1936-1939).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Bataille say the theory of conspicuous consumption is used for?
(a) Preserving segregation between rich and poor.
(b) Melting different cultures together in America.
(c) Keeping the poor weak.
(d) Giving the poor opportunities.

2. How does Bataille describe the mandrake root?
(a) Obscene.
(b) Human.
(c) Holy.
(d) Noisy.

3. Under what conditions can a state be democratic, in Bataille's opinion?
(a) When homogeneity happens spontaneously.
(b) When homogeneity can be broken up peacefully.
(c) When heterogeneity happens spontaneously.
(d) When heterogeneity can be controlled with force.

4. What are flowers not matched by, in "The Language of Flowers"?
(a) The purity of the sunshine.
(b) A show of human love.
(c) The work of bees.
(d) The corrupt hands that pick them.

5. What does Bataille remember his father spanking him with in "[Dream]"?
(a) A belt.
(b) A bloody toad.
(c) A stick.
(d) A whip.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What value does money articulate for workers?

3. What does Bataille say Nietzsche questions?

4. What does Bataille describe as the result of individuals asking critical questions, in "Nietzschean Chronicle"?

5. What does Bataille say is analogous to the maternal breast?

(see the answer key)

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