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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Chapter 10 "In the Beginning and Without End . . ." begins with a quote from Celine which says that "in the beginning was" what?
(a) Emotion.
(b) Love.
(c) Danger.
(d) Sin.

2. 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?
(a) National Socialists.
(b) Republicans.
(c) Capitalists.
(d) Communists.

3. Kristeva says narrative in abject literature assumes that there is a sharp distinction between subject and what?
(a) Horror.
(b) Abject.
(c) Noun.
(d) Object.

4. During the 1930s, what group does Kristeva say was arguing for the status quo?
(a) Capitalists.
(b) National Socialists.
(c) Communists.
(d) Republicans.

5. In Celine's "Rigadoon," the work of the writer is compared to the patience of what?
(a) Saints.
(b) Ants.
(c) Cats.
(d) Owls.

6. Chapter 8 "Those Females Who Wreck the Infinite" begins with a quote by whom?
(a) Georges Bataille.
(b) Victor Hugo.
(c) Tacitus.
(d) Celine.

7. Where does Kristeva say the "miracle" of Celine lies?
(a) With the process of his writing.
(b) With the content of what is written,
(c) With the style of writing.
(d) With the reader's experience.

8. What does Kristeva call Celine's idea that through violent confrontation, each person is reduced to the same, miserable state?
(a) Mutual abjection.
(b) Multiplied abjection.
(c) Unified abjection.
(d) Violent abjection.

9. What language did Celine describe as regal in a quote Kristeva uses in Chapter 10?
(a) Italian.
(b) English.
(c) French.
(d) German.

10. In what year was Celine's pamphlet "Bagatelles pour un massacre" published?
(a) 1934.
(b) 1937.
(c) 1939.
(d) 1942.

11. In which of Celine's works is dizziness a motif?
(a) School of Corpses.
(b) Death on the Installment Plan.
(c) Journey to the End of the Night.
(d) Trifles for a Massacre.

12. For Celine, what is the foundation of human existence?
(a) Hatred.
(b) Lust.
(c) Love.
(d) Suffering.

13. Kristeva says Celine anchors the destiny of literature through a re-assumption of what?
(a) The goddlessness of the average believer.
(b) The sins of man as defined by God.
(c) What lies hidden by God.
(d) The death of God.

14. In which of Celine's works does a young character named Virginia appear?
(a) School of Corpses.
(b) Death on the Installment Plan.
(c) North.
(d) London Bridge.

15. Kristeva quotes Celine as saying that the mother gives life without what?
(a) Passion.
(b) Desire.
(c) Infinity.
(d) Love.

Short Answer Questions

1. In which of Celine's books does the narrator say, "A beautiful shroud embroidered with tales--that's what the Pale Lady wants"?

2. Chapter 7 "Suffering and Horror" begins with a quote from Celine which says "one can be a virgin with respect to Horror as one is a virgin toward" what?

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

4. In which of Celine's books does his character Molly appear?

5. In what year was Celine's pamphlet "L'Ecole des cadavres" published?

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