Powers of Horror: An Essay on Abjection | Multiple Choice Test Questions

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Multiple Choice - Chapter 1, Approaching Abjection

1. In Chapter 1, Kristeva gives what kind of account of the abject?
a) Horrific.
b) Phenomenological.
c) Logical.
d) Absurd.

2. What does Kristeva name as the chief features of the abject?
a) Its universality.
b) Its ambiguity.
c) Its lucidity.
d) Its explicitness.

3. Kristeva says the abject is somewhere between being an object and what?
a) Not being a subject.
b) Being a subject.
c) Being nothing.
d) Not being an object.

4. Kristeva says the abject is never considered to be what?
a) A question.
b) A substance. (read more)