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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 begins Chapter 6 "Celine: Neither Actor Nor Martyr" with a quote by whom?
(a) Rousseau.
(b) Nietzsche.
(c) Hobbes.
(d) Locke.

2. What act of depravity does Kristeva point out that Celine uses in relation with very young girls to revolt his reader?
(a) Pedophilia.
(b) Alcoholism.
(c) Murder.
(d) Theft.

3. Kristeva says the abject is never considered to be what?
(a) A pseudo-object.
(b) An argument.
(c) A substance.
(d) A question.

4. Kristeva says Freud echos what German writer when he says "In the beginning was the deed"?
(a) Goethe.
(b) Hasenclever.
(c) Fürst.
(d) Broecking.

5. Kristeva makes use of what complex to explain the genesis of the abject?
(a) Senex.
(b) Oedipus.
(c) Anima.
(d) Puer.

Short Answer Questions

1. In which of Celine's books does the narrator say, "A beautiful shroud embroidered with tales--that's what the Pale Lady wants"?

2. Kristeva says Celine's goal is to pervert and twist what?

3. One of the chief themes of Celine's work is the struggle between what groups?

4. Kristeva says that the reader is thrown into what kind of state when reading Celine?

5. In "Journey to the End of the Night," the narrator says that "the truth of this world is to" what?

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