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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. Kristeva begins Chapter 6 "Celine: Neither Actor Nor Martyr" with a quote from what book?
(a) Twilight of the Idols.
(b) Beyond Good and Evil.
(c) The Case of Wagner.
(d) On the Genealogy of Morality.

2. Celine wrote during the rise of National Socialism in what country?
(a) Turkey.
(b) Germany.
(c) Austria.
(d) Italy.

3. According to Kristeva's definition of the abject, the abject is created from repressing what?
(a) Feelings.
(b) Lusts.
(c) Thoughts.
(d) Love.

4. One interpretation of the laws in the Old Testament, which Kristeva cites, says they are the arbitrary will of who?
(a) Jesus.
(b) God.
(c) Moses.
(d) The holy spirit.

5. Kristeva posits that the fear of what is a phobia that develops as a response to the abject of mother-lust?
(a) Sex.
(b) Women.
(c) Impurity.
(d) The outdoors.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Kristeva, Celine's language exhibits a fascination with what kind of speech?

2. Who does Kristeva say is not directly involved when a child is weaned from his mother's breast?

3. Kristeva says Celine's coarseness stems from what war?

4. Chapter 9 "Ours to Jew or Die" begins with a quote that was taken from a letter written to whom?

5. Who does Kristeva say is considered the spiritual forefather of Christians?

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