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

2. Which of Celine's works does Kristeva say best captures the feelings of the abject?
(a) Trifles for a Massacre.
(b) School of Corpses.
(c) Death on the Installment Plan.
(d) Journey to the End of the Night.

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

4. According to Christianity, a person is born with what type of sin?
(a) Satan's sin.
(b) Original sin.
(c) False sin.
(d) The sin of past gods.

5. In order to be eaten, according to the Old Testament, an animal has to eat what?
(a) Birds.
(b) Cud.
(c) Insects.
(d) Fish.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Kristeva's definition of the abject, the abject is created from repressing what?

2. To whom does Kristeva attribute the theory of structural anthropology?

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

4. What is the name Celine was born with?

5. In the Bible, man is forbidden from drinking the blood of what?

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