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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Kristeva says literature undermines itself when it attempts to analyze what?
(a) The object.
(b) Its characters.
(c) Society.
(d) The abject.

2. Celine's doctoral dissertation dealt with what topic?
(a) Yellow fever.
(b) Flaviviruses.
(c) Bunyaviruses.
(d) Puerperal fever.

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

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

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

6. Who said that a fictional theme is a "blasting of self-hood"?
(a) Henri Bergson.
(b) Emmanuel Lévinas.
(c) Georges Bataille.
(d) René Descartes.

7. Whose work does Kristeva describe as "stainless, serene" and as having "nostalgic beauty"?
(a) Desnos.
(b) Nin.
(c) Arp.
(d) Mallarme.

8. 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.

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

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

11. In what year was Celine's pamphlet "L'Ecole des cadavres" published?
(a) 1935.
(b) 1931.
(c) 1938.
(d) 1932.

12. Kristeva says abject literature is what kind of category?
(a) Unstable.
(b) Over zealous.
(c) Understated.
(d) Unified.

13. How does Celine often depict maternal figures?
(a) As violent.
(b) As bored.
(c) As loving.
(d) As sexual.

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

15. What type of creature does Kristeva say Celine saw man as?
(a) Bestial.
(b) Rational.
(c) Civilized.
(d) Sensate.

Short Answer Questions

1. Kristeva begins Chapter 6 "Celine: Neither Actor Nor Martyr" with a quote by whom?

2. Kristeva quotes Celine as saying slang is a language of what?

3. Kristeva begins Chapter 6 "Celine: Neither Actor Nor Martyr" with a quote about what?

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

5. Kristeva says the hatred of Jews is a metaphor for a very primal struggle against what perception?

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