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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. The Oedipus complex assumes that the child's first object of desire is what?
(a) Food.
(b) Water.
(c) Sex.
(d) The mother.

2. To whom does Kristeva say "Journey to the End of the Night" is dedicated?
(a) Marie Kelly.
(b) Kaitlin Forshee.
(c) Delores Meyer.
(d) Elisabeth Craig.

3. About how long has it been since the publication of "Journey to the End of the Night" when this book was written?
(a) 20 years.
(b) 50 years.
(c) 60 years.
(d) 30 years.

4. How does Celine often depict very young female characters?
(a) As violent.
(b) As sexual.
(c) As humble.
(d) As innocent.

5. What does Kristeva say God did not want Adam to become?
(a) An animal.
(b) A god.
(c) An angel.
(d) A demon.

Short Answer Questions

1. In order to be eaten, according to the Old Testament, an animal has to eat what?

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

3. What is the last name of James Joyce's Molly character?

4. Kristeva begins Chapter 6 "Celine: Neither Actor Nor Martyr" with a quote from what book?

5. Kristeva quotes Celine as saying that the mother gives life without what?

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