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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. Phobias are irrational fears which have what?
(a) A definite object.
(b) Roots in reality.
(c) An unspecified object.
(d) A vague aim.

2. What state does Freud say a subject will be sent into when the repressed desire for one's mother's body breaks out of its repression?
(a) Narcissism.
(b) Evil.
(c) Self-loathing.
(d) Sin.

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

4. Freud says "In the beginning was the deed" at the end of which of his books?
(a) Moses and Monotheism.
(b) Totem and Taboo.
(c) The Interpretation of Dreams.
(d) Studies on Hysteria.

5. Insofar as the repressed desires are related to the proper use of one's body, Kristeva says the body becomes an object of what?
(a) Reflection and shame.
(b) Embarrassment and sin.
(c) Rejection and fear.
(d) Pride and hope.

Short Answer Questions

1. What taboo does Kristeva say it is easy to see develop out of the abject?

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

3. Kristeva says a significant part of maturation for a boy is a distancing from what?

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. The drives of an individual can be divided into sexual drives and drives from the ego, according to what theory?

(see the answer key)

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