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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 posits that the fear of what is a phobia that develops as a response to the abject of mother-lust?
(a) Impurity.
(b) The outdoors.
(c) Sex.
(d) Women.

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

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

4. About how long has Celine been dead when this book was written?
(a) 40 years.
(b) 20 years.
(c) 10 years,
(d) 50 years.

5. Celine followed what political affiliation?
(a) Nazism.
(b) Workers' Struggle.
(c) Royalist.
(d) Communist.

Short Answer Questions

1. About how long has it been since the publication of "Journey to the End of the Night" when this book was written?

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

3. What kind of narrative machine does Kristeva say leaves her shaken to the point of exaltation?

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

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

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