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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 happens when political action leads to nothing, in "The Sacred Conspiracy"?
(a) The government will dissolve.
(b) Enthusiasm meets a void.
(c) The people will revolt.
(d) New political parties will form.

2. What does Bataille describe as a symptom of cultural crisis?
(a) Administrative impudence.
(b) Outrageous profits.
(c) Bureaucratic regulation.
(d) Technological incompetence.

3. In "Sacrificial Mutilation and the Severed Ear of Vincent Van Gogh", how long does Bataille say it took Van Gogh to paint suns after his self-mutilation?
(a) Nine months.
(b) Six months.
(c) Two years.
(d) Fifteen months.

4. Where did "[Dream]" originate?
(a) In Bataille's imagination.
(b) In Bataille's psychoanalysis.
(c) In Bataille's marriage.
(d) In Bataille's childhood obsession with eyes.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Bataille say about his book "W.C."?

2. What description fits with the "Acephale" group?

3. What does Bataille say poor people cannot stop rich people from doing?

4. What film does Bataille cite in "The Eye"?

5. Where was Bataille born?

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