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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. What type of creature does Kristeva say Celine saw man as?
(a) Civilized.
(b) Sensate.
(c) Rational.
(d) Bestial.

2. Kristeva says literature undermines itself when it attempts to analyze what?
(a) The abject.
(b) Its characters.
(c) Society.
(d) The object.

3. Kristeva says that when a child's perfect equilibrium of desire and satisfaction is upset he alternates between fear and what?
(a) Hate.
(b) Desire.
(c) Need.
(d) Anger.

4. What religion does Kristeva say Christianity emerged from?
(a) Buddhism.
(b) Paganism.
(c) Mormonism.
(d) Judaism.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What religion does Kristeva say states that impurity is something which can never be obliterated?

2. What example does Kristeva give for the imagery of separation as shown in the Gospel?

3. Kristeva posits that the fear of what is a phobia that develops as a response to the abject of mother-lust?

4. Which of Celine's works does Kristeva say best captures the feelings of the abject?

5. Who does Kristeva say is considered the spiritual forefather of Christians?

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