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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. Kristeva says the permission, given in the Old Testament, to eat some animals is given out of a recognition of what?
(a) Man's evil nature.
(b) Man's kindness.
(c) A unity with nature.
(d) Noah's faithfulness.

2. In Chapter 1, Kristeva gives what kind of account of the abject?
(a) Horrific.
(b) Phenomenological.
(c) Logical.
(d) Absurd.

3. About how long has it been since the publication of "Journey to the End of the Night" when this book was written?
(a) 30 years.
(b) 20 years.
(c) 60 years.
(d) 50 years.

4. One interpretation of the laws in the Old Testament, which Kristeva cites, says that impurity is identified with contact with whom?
(a) Evil supernatural forces.
(b) The Virgin Mary.
(c) God.
(d) Adam and Eve.

5. What book of the Bible addresses rules around eating meat?
(a) Leviticus.
(b) Genesis.
(c) Numbers.
(d) Exodus.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the first person to have specified that the plane of abjection is that of the subject/object relationship?

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

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

4. Kristeva says a significant part of maturation for a boy is a distancing from what?

5. When looking at impurity and the abject, Kristeva says things which extend beyond the body's margin are considered what?

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