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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 that Jewish laws are a result of the combination of psychological forces and what aspect of the Jewish religion?
(a) The belief in the coming of the Messiah.
(b) The monotheistic nature.
(c) The belief in the Torah.
(d) The belief in prophets.

2. Kristeva says Christianity teaches that is man is divided between spirit and what?
(a) Sin.
(b) Soul.
(c) Body.
(d) Heaven.

3. What example does Kristeva give for the imagery of separation as shown in the Gospel?
(a) Noah and his ark.
(b) Sharing of fish.
(c) Jonah and the whale.
(d) Multiplication of loaves.

4. Kristeva says a person relates to his or her world through what?
(a) Art.
(b) Language.
(c) Other people.
(d) Their background.

5. In which of Celine's books does his character Molly appear?
(a) School of Corpses.
(b) Death on the Installment Plan.
(c) Journey to the End of the Night.
(d) Trifles for a Massacre.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of narrative machine does Kristeva say leaves her shaken to the point of exaltation?

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

3. Kristeva says illusions give what to hatred?

4. According to Kristeva's definition of the abject, the abject is created from repressing what?

5. Kristeva says the permission, given in the Old Testament, to eat some animals is given out of a recognition of what?

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