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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9, Ours to Jew or Die.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Kristeva makes use of what complex to explain the genesis of the abject?
(a) Senex.
(b) Puer.
(c) Oedipus.
(d) Anima.

3. Kristeva quotes Celine as saying he is the son of a woman who repairs what?
(a) Ancient lace.
(b) Seams.
(c) Wood furnishings.
(d) Photographs.

4. In Chapter 1, Kristeva gives what kind of account of the abject?
(a) Horrific.
(b) Logical.
(c) Phenomenological.
(d) Absurd.

5. Kristeva says the fear of what is truly horrifying?
(a) Life.
(b) The abject.
(c) Love.
(d) Death.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the little boy who is afraid of horses in Chapter 2?

2. Which of Celine's family members had the first name Celine?

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

4. Who said that a fictional theme is a "blasting of self-hood"?

5. Freud believed his Oedipus complex produces a kind of mental archetype for what?

(see the answer key)

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