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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8, Those Females Who Wreck the Infinite.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Kristeva says Judaism always conceived of impurity as what kind of reality?
(a) Internal.
(b) Symbolic.
(c) Material.
(d) Metaphorical.

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

3. Kristeva says women are often unfairly considered to be what?
(a) Hateful.
(b) Logical.
(c) Schemers.
(d) Overly sexual.

4. Kristeva says Celine anchors the destiny of literature through a re-assumption that he makes by use of what?
(a) Dialog.
(b) Diction.
(c) Style.
(d) Content.

5. What is the last name of the "Journey to the End of the Night" character Arthur?
(a) Linus.
(b) Hadley.
(c) Ganate.
(d) Hodge.

Short Answer Questions

1. The author says the traditional Freudian model of the Oedipal triangle is what?

2. What type of creature does Kristeva say Celine saw man as?

3. Kristeva begins Chapter 6 "Celine: Neither Actor Nor Martyr" with a quote about what?

4. What does Kristeva name as the chief features of the abject?

5. To whom does Kristeva say "Journey to the End of the Night" is dedicated?

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