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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Kristeva says Freud echos what German writer when he says "In the beginning was the deed"?
(a) Broecking.
(b) Fürst.
(c) Hasenclever.
(d) Goethe.

2. Though Kristeva says it is impossible to tell the exact order of causality, notions of what also play a large part in purity customs?
(a) Education.
(b) Social status.
(c) Politcal affiliation.
(d) Marital status.

3. What taboo does Kristeva say it is easy to see develop out of the abject?
(a) The incest taboo.
(b) The rape taboo.
(c) The pedophilia taboo.
(d) The murder taboo.

4. Who in the New Testament said that sin did not enter the world until law was created?
(a) Paul.
(b) John.
(c) Peter.
(d) Mark.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Jewish rituals, a newborn boy is considered pure on what condition?

2. How many prevailing interpretations of the laws regarding ritual impurity in the Old Testament does Kristeva say there are?

3. What act in Jewish laws makes women impure for weeks?

4. Kristeva points out that there is a corresponding amount of importance placed upon social status in societies where the autonomy of women is relatively what?

5. Kristeva says that the ritualization of defilement and purification is also responsible for creating inequality between whom?

Short Essay Questions

1. According to traditional beliefs in Christianity, how does Adam's original sin taint human freedoms?

2. What does Kristeva mean when she talks about "subjectified abjection"?

3. How does Kristeva point out that Judaism differs from other old world religions in terms of worshiping gods?

4. Why does Kristeva say man gained permission to eat some animals?

5. How does Kristeva say the impurity phobia serves as a metaphor for society?

6. How does Kristeva say the Freudian model of the Oedipal triangle flawed?

7. How does Kristeva say the abject relates to lust?

8. What reason does Kristeva give for why women in the Jewish faith are seen as impure after having children?

9. According to class theory, how are the drives of an individual divided?

10. What does Kristeva say about how fears and desires are formed in young children?

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