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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7, Suffering and Horror.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Chapter 7 "Suffering and Horror" begins with a quote from what book?
(a) Trifles for a Massacre.
(b) Death on the Installment Plan.
(c) School of Corpses.
(d) Journey to the End of the Night.

2. What belief states that Christ is simultaneously man and God?
(a) Epitome.
(b) Embodiment.
(c) Manifestation.
(d) Incarnation.

3. What religion does Kristeva say states that impurity is something which can never be obliterated?
(a) Mesopotamian.
(b) Christianity.
(c) Paganism.
(d) Judaism.

4. What does Kristeva call it when a child is in a perfect equilibrium of desire and satisfaction?
(a) Low state.
(b) Nothing state.
(c) Zero state.
(d) Blank slate.

5. In Christ's teachings, Kristeva says he wanted to move away from the single minded absolutism of whom?
(a) The Pagans.
(b) The ancient Egyptians.
(c) The ancient Greeks.
(d) The Jews.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Kristeva say children begin to develop, upsetting a child's perfect equilibrium of desire and satisfaction?

2. The drives of an individual can be divided into sexual drives and drives from the ego, according to what theory?

3. What type of creature does Kristeva say Celine saw man as?

4. How many prevailing interpretations of the laws regarding ritual impurity in the Old Testament does Kristeva say there are?

5. In the Old Testament, Adam was punished for eating from what?

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