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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. What kind of narrative machine does Kristeva say leaves her shaken to the point of exaltation?
(a) Shakespearean.
(b) Freudian.
(c) Calvinist.
(d) Sadean.

2. Kristeva says that the ritualization of defilement and purification is also responsible for creating inequality between whom?
(a) The sexes.
(b) Races.
(c) Classes.
(d) Religions.

3. When looking at impurity and the abject, Kristeva says things which extend beyond the body's margin are considered what?
(a) Good.
(b) Dirty.
(c) Sinful.
(d) Clean.

4. Who was the first person to have specified that the plane of abjection is that of the subject/object relationship?
(a) Friedrich Nietzsche.
(b) Georges Bataille.
(c) Alexandre Kojève.
(d) Jean Baudrillard.

5. 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) India.
(d) Mexico.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Kristeva says women are often unfairly considered to be what?

3. What race did Celine seem fascinated with?

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

5. Which of Celine's family members had the first name Celine?

(see the answer key)

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