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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3, From Filth to Defilement.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The drives of an individual can be divided into sexual drives and drives from the ego, according to what theory?
(a) Classic theory.
(b) Density wave theory.
(c) Mood theory.
(d) Climax theory.

2. What taboo does Kristeva say it is easy to see develop out of the abject?
(a) The rape taboo.
(b) The incest taboo.
(c) The murder taboo.
(d) The pedophilia taboo.

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

4. When looking at impurity and the abject, Kristeva says things which extend beyond the body's margin are considered what?
(a) Dirty.
(b) Sinful.
(c) Good.
(d) Clean.

5. What does Kristeva say is, historically, man's primary response to the perversion caused by the abject?
(a) Denial and hatred.
(b) Lawlessness and insubordination.
(c) Religion and morality.
(d) Rejection and fear.

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. Kristeva says Freud is successful in his treatment of the subject-object relation when he approaches it from the perspective of what?

3. Kristeva makes use of what complex to explain the genesis of the abject?

4. A theme Kristeva points out in Chapter 3 is that what is inside the margin is good, and whatever is outside of the margin is what?

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

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