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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. To whom does Kristeva attribute the theory of structural anthropology?
(a) Claude Lévi-Strauss.
(b) Bernard Kouchner.
(c) Jean-Paul Sartre.
(d) James George Frazer.

2. Kristeva says a person relates to his or her world through what?
(a) Other people.
(b) Art.
(c) Language.
(d) Their background.

3. What example does Kristeva give for the imagery of separation as shown in the Gospel?
(a) Jonah and the whale.
(b) Multiplication of loaves.
(c) Sharing of fish.
(d) Noah and his ark.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Kristeva says that when a child's perfect equilibrium of desire and satisfaction is upset he alternates between fear and what?

2. During the 1930s, what group does Kristeva say was unhappy with the division that was caused by economic inequality, even if they did not call for radical economic restructuring?

3. In Chapter 1, Kristeva gives what kind of account of the abject?

4. Chapter 7 "Suffering and Horror" begins with a quote from what book?

5. Kristeva begins Chapter 6 "Celine: Neither Actor Nor Martyr" with a quote about what?

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