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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. The drives of an individual can be divided into sexual drives and drives from the ego, according to what theory?
(a) Mood theory.
(b) Climax theory.
(c) Classic theory.
(d) Density wave theory.

2. Why does the Bible forbid eating camels, according to Kristeva's reading?
(a) It does not chew cud.
(b) It has humps.
(c) It is meant to be ridden.
(d) It does not have a parted hoof.

3. What language did Celine say he loathed in a quote Kristeva uses in Chapter 10?
(a) English.
(b) French.
(c) Russian.
(d) Italian.

4. What act of depravity does Kristeva point out that Celine uses in relation with very young girls to revolt his reader?
(a) Theft.
(b) Pedophilia.
(c) Murder.
(d) Alcoholism.

5. Kristeva believes that phobias are what kind of representations of primal fears which children are forced to repress?
(a) Literal.
(b) Metaphorical.
(c) Physical.
(d) Logical.

Short Answer Questions

1. What religion does Kristeva say states that impurity is something which can never be obliterated?

2. What does Kristeva say children begin to develop, upsetting a child's perfect equilibrium of desire and satisfaction?

3. Leviticus talks about the impurity associated with what disease?

4. Kristeva quotes Celine as saying he is only comfortable in what?

5. During the 1930s, what group does Kristeva say was unhappy with the division that was caused by economic inequality, even if they did not call for radical economic restructuring?

(see the answer key)

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