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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. Chapter 9 "Ours to Jew or Die" begins with a quote by whom?
(a) Celine.
(b) Destouches.
(c) Villon.
(d) Follet.
2. Kristeva says narrative in abject literature assumes that there is a sharp distinction between subject and what?
(a) Horror.
(b) Abject.
(c) Object.
(d) Noun.
3. What act of depravity does Kristeva point out that Celine uses in relation with very young girls to revolt his reader?
(a) Pedophilia.
(b) Theft.
(c) Murder.
(d) Alcoholism.
4. Kristeva quotes Celine as saying slang is a language of what?
(a) Hatred.
(b) Love.
(c) Anger.
(d) Lonliness.
5. In Celine's "Rigadoon," the work of the writer is compared to the patience of what?
(a) Cats.
(b) Owls.
(c) Ants.
(d) Saints.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Kristeva say Celine's depictions of females all lean toward?
2. What is the name Celine was born with?
3. Chapter 8 "Those Females Who Wreck the Infinite" begins with a quote that was taken from a letter written to whom?
4. In which of Celine's works does a young character named Virginia appear?
5. What is the last name of the "Journey to the End of the Night" character Arthur?
Short Essay Questions
1. What reasons does Kristeva give for why Celine agreed with anti-Jew sentiments?
2. How does Kristeva say Celine's work represents the division caused by economic inequality?
3. How does Kristeva say the hatred of Jews act as a metaphor for the abject?
4. How does Kristeva say Celine displaced the mother in his depiction of very young girls?
5. How did Celine seem to feel about the French language and the English language?
6. In what ways that Kristeva points out do Celine's writings differ from Jewish ideas?
7. Why does Kristeva say her reading of Celine will not be a thematic one?
8. How does Kristeva say Celine captures the abject in his writing?
9. How does Kristeva say Celine seemed to feel about human identities?
10. What does Kristeva say about how Celine's novels are realistic?
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