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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9, Ours to Jew or Die.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Kristeva says Celine anchors the destiny of literature through a re-assumption of what?
(a) The death of God.
(b) The goddlessness of the average believer.
(c) What lies hidden by God.
(d) The sins of man as defined by God.

2. Kristeva says illusions give what to hatred?
(a) Legitimacy.
(b) Voice.
(c) Power.
(d) Contradiction.

3. Kristeva says she gets a feeling from reading Celine that she does not get from whom?
(a) Proust.
(b) Leroux.
(c) Gide.
(d) Bordeaux.

4. In what country is it strictly forbidden for a person of one caste to procreate with a person of another caste?
(a) Canada.
(b) Spain.
(c) Mexico.
(d) India.

5. Insofar as the repressed desires are related to the proper use of one's body, Kristeva says the body becomes an object of what?
(a) Embarrassment and sin.
(b) Pride and hope.
(c) Reflection and shame.
(d) Rejection and fear.

Short Answer Questions

1. Kristeva points out that there is a corresponding amount of importance placed upon social status in societies where the autonomy of women is relatively what?

2. Kristeva begins Chapter 6 "Celine: Neither Actor Nor Martyr" with a quote by whom?

3. Chapter 9 "Ours to Jew or Die" begins with a quote that was taken from a letter written to whom?

4. When looking at impurity and the abject, Kristeva says things which extend beyond the body's margin are considered what?

5. In what year was Celine's pamphlet "Bagatelles pour un massacre" published?

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