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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Kristeva says Christ taught that impurity was something that took place where?
(a) In a person's imagination.
(b) In a person's brain.
(c) In the Old Testement.
(d) In a person's soul.

2. What book of the Bible addresses rules around eating meat?
(a) Exodus.
(b) Numbers.
(c) Genesis.
(d) Leviticus.

3. What religion does Kristeva say states that impurity is something which can never be obliterated?
(a) Mesopotamian.
(b) Judaism.
(c) Christianity.
(d) Paganism.

4. Kristeva says the abject is somewhere between being an object and what?
(a) Not being a subject.
(b) Not being an object.
(c) Being nothing.
(d) Being a subject.

5. In Christ's teachings, Kristeva says he wanted to move away from the single minded absolutism of whom?
(a) The ancient Greeks.
(b) The ancient Egyptians.
(c) The Jews.
(d) The Pagans.

6. Unlike Jews, Kristeva says Christians disregard what?
(a) Christ's teachings.
(b) The ten commandments.
(c) The New Testament.
(d) The Levitical law.

7. Kristeva says that the ritualization of defilement and purification is also responsible for creating inequality between whom?
(a) Religions.
(b) Classes.
(c) The sexes.
(d) Races.

8. Whose work does Kristeva look to help explain the relation of impurity and the abject?
(a) Mary Douglas.
(b) Émile Durkheim.
(c) M. N. Srinivas.
(d) E. E. Evans-Pritchard.

9. According to Freud's Oedipal Triangle model, people constantly seek fulfillment and self-realization through some other object, referred to as what?
(a) The Substitute.
(b) The Nothing.
(c) The Other.
(d) The Something.

10. According to Jewish rituals, a newborn boy is considered pure on what condition?
(a) He is circumsized.
(b) He meets with a rabbi.
(c) He is baptised.
(d) He is born in wedlock.

11. In the Bible, man is forbidden from drinking the blood of what?
(a) Any animal.
(b) Fish.
(c) Birds.
(d) Humans.

12. What does Kristeva say it is necessary for a child to do because he has to repress his primal fears that still exist in him?
(a) Adapt to them.
(b) Ignore them.
(c) Get rid of them.
(d) Learn to express them.

13. Since the boy is forced to repress his desire for the "maternal body" at a young age, Kristeva says he has not yet understood the situation in what way?
(a) Logically.
(b) Physically.
(c) Sexually.
(d) Linguistically.

14. In Judiasm, people are instructed to be wary of men with what trait?
(a) Small chins.
(b) Flat noses.
(c) Blue eyes.
(d) Blonde hair.

15. When looking at impurity and the abject, Kristeva says things which extend beyond the body's margin are considered what?
(a) Sinful.
(b) Dirty.
(c) Good.
(d) Clean.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What does Kristeva call it when a child is in a perfect equilibrium of desire and satisfaction?

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

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

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