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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 11, Powers of Horror.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of Celine's family members had the first name Celine?
(a) His mother.
(b) His sister.
(c) His aunt.
(d) His grandmother.

2. Which of Celine's works does Kristeva say best captures the feelings of the abject?
(a) Death on the Installment Plan.
(b) Trifles for a Massacre.
(c) Journey to the End of the Night.
(d) School of Corpses.

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

4. Kristeva says the Pagans are seen as living very closely with what?
(a) Other religions.
(b) Technology.
(c) Nature.
(d) Demons.

5. What type of creature does Kristeva say Celine saw man as?
(a) Bestial.
(b) Sensate.
(c) Rational.
(d) Civilized.

Short Answer Questions

1. Kristeva says purity is usually associated with conducting what type of affairs in certain ways?

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

3. Kristeva says Celine's goal is to pervert and twist what?

4. Kristeva says Celine anchors the destiny of literature through a re-assumption that he makes by use of what?

5. Who did Celine devote his doctoral dissertation to?

(see the answer key)

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