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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4, Semiotics of Biblical Abomination.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Kristeva says the abject is somewhere between being an object and what?
(a) Not being a subject.
(b) Being nothing.
(c) Being a subject.
(d) Not being an object.

2. What does Kristeva say children begin to develop, upsetting a child's perfect equilibrium of desire and satisfaction?
(a) Biological needs.
(b) Sexual desires.
(c) Jealousy.
(d) Fears.

3. In the Bible, man is forbidden from drinking the blood of what?
(a) Humans.
(b) Birds.
(c) Fish.
(d) Any animal.

4. What type of sea creatures are forbidden from being eaten, according to the Old Testament?
(a) Shellfish.
(b) Octypus.
(c) Jellyfish.
(d) Goldfish.

5. Kristeva compares the abject to the experience of looking at a corpse and seeing what?
(a) Nothing at all.
(b) A living being.
(c) Someone who never lived.
(d) A person which should be alive.

Short Answer Questions

1. When looking at impurity and the abject, Kristeva says things which extend beyond the body's margin are considered what?

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

3. Freud links a little boy's fear of horses to a fear of what?

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

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

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