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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Kristeva says Celine saw his home country as becoming dominated by a secret conspiracy by whom?
(a) Jews.
(b) Catholics.
(c) Russians.
(d) Americans.

2. Kristeva says Celine anchors the destiny of literature through a re-assumption that he makes by use of what?
(a) Diction.
(b) Content.
(c) Dialog.
(d) Style.

3. What is the name Celine was born with?
(a) Juan Ferdinand.
(b) Louis Destouches.
(c) Francis Perrot.
(d) Dupont Chevalier.

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

5. Kristeva quotes Celine as saying slang is a language of what?
(a) Love.
(b) Hatred.
(c) Anger.
(d) Lonliness.

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

7. Chapter 9 "Ours to Jew or Die" begins with a quote that was taken from a letter written to whom?
(a) Charles Reznikoff.
(b) Milton Hindus.
(c) Sholem Asch.
(d) Sigmund Freud.

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

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

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

11. Whose writings does Kristeva encounter in "the black, romantic rage"?
(a) Lautreamont.
(b) Verne.
(c) Bourges.
(d) Dumas.

12. In which of Celine's books does the narrator say, "A beautiful shroud embroidered with tales--that's what the Pale Lady wants"?
(a) Death on the Installment Plan.
(b) School of Corpses.
(c) Journey to the End of the Night.
(d) Trifles for a Massacre.

13. About how long has Celine been dead when this book was written?
(a) 40 years.
(b) 20 years.
(c) 50 years.
(d) 10 years,

14. In abject literature, Kristeva says there must be a narrator who is distinct from what?
(a) His emotions.
(b) His characters.
(c) What he is narrating.
(d) Society.

15. Kristeva says that today's universe is divided between boredom, abjection, and what?
(a) Morbid loathing.
(b) Sharp intelligence.
(c) Defined loving.
(d) Piercing laughter.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Death on the Installment Plan," who teaches the narrator to read?

2. Who does Kristeva say Celine's maternal figures depend on for their existence?

3. During the 1930s, what group does Kristeva say was calling for equality?

4. About how long has it been since the publication of "Journey to the End of the Night" when this book was written?

5. Celine's doctoral dissertation dealt with what topic?

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