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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. To whom does Kristeva attribute the theory of structural anthropology?
(a) Jean-Paul Sartre.
(b) James George Frazer.
(c) Claude Lévi-Strauss.
(d) Bernard Kouchner.

2. Whose work does Kristeva describe as "stainless, serene" and as having "nostalgic beauty"?
(a) Nin.
(b) Arp.
(c) Desnos.
(d) Mallarme.

3. 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?
(a) Valuable.
(b) Unimportant.
(c) Great.
(d) Small.

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

5. Kristeva says purity is usually associated with conducting what type of affairs in certain ways?
(a) Sexual affairs.
(b) Financial affairs.
(c) Marital affairs.
(d) Hygienic affairs.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Chapter 9 "Ours to Jew or Die" begins with a quote by whom?

4. Kristeva says that the reader is thrown into what kind of state when reading Celine?

5. Kristeva says Celine anchors the destiny of literature through a re-assumption that he makes by use of what?

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