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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10, In the Beginning and Without End . . ..

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. According to the traditional Freudian model of the Oedipal triangle, all desire is modeled on the pattern of what?
(a) Nuclear family.
(b) Evolution.
(c) Original sin.
(d) The holy trinity.

3. What language did Celine describe as regal in a quote Kristeva uses in Chapter 10?
(a) German.
(b) Italian.
(c) English.
(d) French.

4. What does Kristeva say is, historically, man's primary response to the perversion caused by the abject?
(a) Religion and morality.
(b) Lawlessness and insubordination.
(c) Denial and hatred.
(d) Rejection and fear.

5. Kristeva accepts the psychoanalytic theories of what psychoanalyst?
(a) Freud.
(b) Rappaport.
(c) Kris.
(d) Hartmann.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the last name of the "Journey to the End of the Night" character Arthur?

2. According to Freud's Oedipal Triangle model, people constantly seek fulfillment and self-realization through some other object, referred to as what?

3. About how long has it been since the publication of "Journey to the End of the Night" when this book was written?

4. In what country is it strictly forbidden for a person of one caste to procreate with a person of another caste?

5. Kristeva says a person relates to his or her world through what?

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