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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Kristeva say the "miracle" of Celine lies?
(a) With the content of what is written,
(b) With the reader's experience.
(c) With the style of writing.
(d) With the process of his writing.

2. During the 1930s, what group does Kristeva say was arguing for the status quo?
(a) National Socialists.
(b) Capitalists.
(c) Communists.
(d) Republicans.

3. In "Journey to the End of the Night," the narrator says that one should "always be frightened" of what?
(a) Men.
(b) Death.
(c) Violence.
(d) Beasts.

4. One of the chief themes of Celine's work is the struggle between what groups?
(a) Races.
(b) Religions.
(c) Sexes.
(d) Classes.

5. Kristeva says that today's universe is divided between boredom, abjection, and what?
(a) Defined loving.
(b) Sharp intelligence.
(c) Piercing laughter.
(d) Morbid loathing.

Short Answer Questions

1. Kristeva says Celine saw his home country as becoming dominated by a secret conspiracy by whom?

2. Celine was of what nationality?

3. What is Celine's character Molly's occupation?

4. Chapter 8 "Those Females Who Wreck the Infinite" begins with a quote by whom?

5. About how long has Celine been dead when this book was written?

Short Essay Questions

1. In what ways that Kristeva points out do Celine's writings differ from Jewish ideas?

2. How did Celine seem to feel about the French language and the English language?

3. What does Kristeva say makes literature "abject"?

4. What does Kristeva mean when she says Celine is neither actor nor martyr?

5. What reasons does Kristeva give for why Celine agreed with anti-Jew sentiments?

6. How does Kristeva say Celine displaced the mother in his depiction of very young girls?

7. Describe Celine's mother type of character.

8. Why does Kristeva say that in Germany, even when Jews were seriously persecuted, they were punished with an increased vigor?

9. How does Kristeva say the hatred of Jews act as a metaphor for the abject?

10. Why does Kristeva say her reading of Celine will not be a thematic one?

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