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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. To whom does Kristeva attribute the theory of structural anthropology?
(a) James George Frazer.
(b) Claude Lévi-Strauss.
(c) Jean-Paul Sartre.
(d) Bernard Kouchner.

2. What way does Kristeva say a person will begin to act in when he no longer has any regard for the law?
(a) Anti-social.
(b) Evil.
(c) Depressed.
(d) Angry.

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

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

5. Chapter 7 "Suffering and Horror" begins with a quote from what book?
(a) Journey to the End of the Night.
(b) Death on the Installment Plan.
(c) Trifles for a Massacre.
(d) School of Corpses.

Short Answer Questions

1. Celine's doctoral dissertation dealt with what topic?

2. Chapter 7 "Suffering and Horror" begins with a quote from Celine which says "one can be a virgin with respect to Horror as one is a virgin toward" what?

3. Kristeva says Christ taught that impurity was something that took place where?

4. How does Celine often depict maternal figures?

5. Kristeva says abject literature is what kind of category?

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