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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. What type of sea creatures are forbidden from being eaten, according to the Old Testament?
(a) Jellyfish.
(b) Octypus.
(c) Shellfish.
(d) Goldfish.

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

3. Freud says "In the beginning was the deed" at the end of which of his books?
(a) Totem and Taboo.
(b) The Interpretation of Dreams.
(c) Moses and Monotheism.
(d) Studies on Hysteria.

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

5. Whose writings does Kristeva encounter in "the black, romantic rage"?
(a) Bourges.
(b) Dumas.
(c) Verne.
(d) Lautreamont.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Celine often depict maternal figures?

2. According to Christianity, a person is born with what type of sin?

3. Kristeva says that Jewish laws are a result of the combination of psychological forces and what aspect of the Jewish religion?

4. What act of depravity does Kristeva point out that Celine uses in relation with very young girls to revolt his reader?

5. Freud links a little boy's fear of horses to a fear of what?

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