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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. Kristeva says Freud is successful in his treatment of the subject-object relation when he approaches it from the perspective of what?
(a) Hate.
(b) Love.
(c) Desire.
(d) Fear.

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

3. Who does Kristeva say is considered the spiritual forefather of Christians?
(a) Noah.
(b) Aaron.
(c) Abraham.
(d) Moses.

4. When looking at Old Testament laws, the eating of meat was forbidden to man prior to what?
(a) The Fall.
(b) The Flood.
(c) Christ's death.
(d) Christ's birth.

5. Traditionally, Christians link all sin to what?
(a) The flood.
(b) Satan.
(c) Hell.
(d) The original sin of Adam.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Kristeva say is, historically, man's primary response to the perversion caused by the abject?

3. Kristeva says the fears a child has are pre-linguistic and therefore are what?

4. According to many anthropologists and psychologists, what are the two acts which are condemned almost universally by all societies?

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

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