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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. In what country is it strictly forbidden for a person of one caste to procreate with a person of another caste?
(a) Mexico.
(b) India.
(c) Canada.
(d) Spain.

2. The author says the traditional Freudian model of the Oedipal triangle is what?
(a) Flawed.
(b) Wrong.
(c) Perfect.
(d) Deficient.

3. Who does Kristeva say is not directly involved when a child is weaned from his mother's breast?
(a) A doctor.
(b) The mother.
(c) The father.
(d) A psychiatrist.

4. Kristeva says the fear of what is truly horrifying?
(a) Love.
(b) The abject.
(c) Death.
(d) Life.

5. 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) Clean.
(d) Good.

Short Answer Questions

1. Kristeva compares the abject to the experience of looking at a corpse and seeing what?

2. Kristeva says that the ritualization of defilement and purification is also responsible for creating inequality between whom?

3. What does Kristeva say children begin to develop, upsetting a child's perfect equilibrium of desire and satisfaction?

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

5. What is the name of the little boy who is afraid of horses in Chapter 2?

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