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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 is the last name of the "Journey to the End of the Night" character Arthur?
(a) Linus.
(b) Hodge.
(c) Hadley.
(d) Ganate.

2. What type of sea creatures are forbidden from being eaten, according to the Old Testament?
(a) Goldfish.
(b) Jellyfish.
(c) Octypus.
(d) Shellfish.

3. The Oedipus complex assumes that the child's first object of desire is what?
(a) Water.
(b) Sex.
(c) The mother.
(d) Food.

4. Chapter 7 "Suffering and Horror" begins with a quote from Celine which says "one can be a virgin with respect to Horror as one is a virgin toward" what?
(a) Anger.
(b) Empathy.
(c) Voluptuousness.
(d) Abjection.

5. How many prevailing interpretations of the laws regarding ritual impurity in the Old Testament does Kristeva say there are?
(a) Two.
(b) Five.
(c) Three.
(d) Four.

Short Answer Questions

1. Kristeva quotes Celine as saying his aim was to do what to language?

2. Kristeva says Celine saw his home country as becoming dominated by a secret conspiracy by whom?

3. What does Kristeva say it is necessary for a child to do because he has to repress his primal fears that still exist in him?

4. To whom does Kristeva say "Journey to the End of the Night" is dedicated?

5. Kristeva says the fears a child has are pre-linguistic and therefore are what?

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