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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5, . . . Qui Tollis Peccata Mundi.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What religion does Kristeva say states that impurity is something which can never be obliterated?
(a) Judaism.
(b) Mesopotamian.
(c) Christianity.
(d) Paganism.

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

3. According to Kristeva, Christ invited his disciples to see what from several angles?
(a) Issues regarding his diety.
(b) Ethical issues.
(c) His teachings about God.
(d) The validity of laws.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What act in Jewish laws makes women impure for weeks?

2. Leviticus talks about the impurity associated with what disease?

3. Kristeva says the abject is never considered to be what?

4. In the Old Testament, Adam was punished for eating from what?

5. Though Kristeva says it is impossible to tell the exact order of causality, notions of what also play a large part in purity customs?

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