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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. Who in the New Testament said that sin did not enter the world until law was created?
(a) Peter.
(b) John.
(c) Paul.
(d) Mark.

2. Kristeva says Judaism always conceived of impurity as what kind of reality?
(a) Metaphorical.
(b) Symbolic.
(c) Material.
(d) Internal.

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

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

5. Kristeva says abject literature is what kind of category?
(a) Unstable.
(b) Unified.
(c) Over zealous.
(d) Understated.

Short Answer Questions

1. Kristeva cites Neusner as having studied what law?

2. In Christ's teachings, Kristeva says he wanted to move away from the single minded absolutism of whom?

3. Kristeva says the fear of what is truly horrifying?

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

5. What taboo does Kristeva say it is easy to see develop out of the abject?

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