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

2. Chapter 9 "Ours to Jew or Die" begins with a quote that was taken from a letter written to whom?
(a) Charles Reznikoff.
(b) Sigmund Freud.
(c) Milton Hindus.
(d) Sholem Asch.

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

4. Kristeva says the hatred of Jews is a metaphor for a very primal struggle against what perception?
(a) The favored sister.
(b) The favored mistress.
(c) The favored parent.
(d) The favored brother.

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

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

3. Kristeva says illusions give what to hatred?

4. Whose work does Kristeva describe as "stainless, serene" and as having "nostalgic beauty"?

5. To whom does Kristeva attribute the theory of structural anthropology?

(see the answer key)

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