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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. Chapter 9 "Ours to Jew or Die" begins with a quote by whom?
(a) Celine.
(b) Destouches.
(c) Follet.
(d) Villon.

2. About how long has it been since the publication of "Journey to the End of the Night" when this book was written?
(a) 60 years.
(b) 30 years.
(c) 50 years.
(d) 20 years.

3. What race did Celine seem fascinated with?
(a) Jews.
(b) Asians.
(c) Hispanics.
(d) Blacks.

4. Celine was of what nationality?
(a) German.
(b) American.
(c) Italian.
(d) French.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who said that a fictional theme is a "blasting of self-hood"?

2. What taboo does Kristeva say it is easy to see develop out of the abject?

3. Whose writings does Kristeva encounter in "the black, romantic rage"?

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

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?

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