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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 the fears a child has are pre-linguistic and therefore are what?
(a) Misunderstood.
(b) Unknown.
(c) Explainable.
(d) Inexpressible.

2. Kristeva quotes "And ye shall be unto me a kingdom of priests, and an holy nation" from what book of the Bible?
(a) Numbers.
(b) Exodus.
(c) Genesis.
(d) Joel.

3. The Oedipus complex assumes that the child's first object of desire is what?
(a) Water.
(b) The mother.
(c) Food.
(d) Sex.

4. What type of sea creatures are forbidden from being eaten, according to the Old Testament?
(a) Goldfish.
(b) Jellyfish.
(c) Shellfish.
(d) Octypus.

5. What is the name of the little boy who is afraid of horses in Chapter 2?
(a) Juan.
(b) Hans.
(c) André.
(d) Francis.

Short Answer Questions

1. Traditionally, Christians link all sin to what?

2. A theme Kristeva points out in Chapter 3 is that what is inside the margin is good, and whatever is outside of the margin is what?

3. In the Old Testament, Adam was punished for eating from what?

4. Insofar as the repressed desires are related to the proper use of one's body, Kristeva says the body becomes an object of what?

5. 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?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do some societies try to purify a "defiled" person?

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

3. How does Kristeva say Christianity and Judaism differ in the thoughts of impurity?

4. What is the correlation Kristeva presents between the importance of social status in sexual relationships and the equality between the sexes?

5. What reason does Kristeva give for why Christianity disregards the Levitical law?

6. What does it mean when Kristeva says she gives a "phenomenological" account of the abject?

7. How does Kristeva explain phobias?

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

9. How does social status play a role in purity customs in India?

10. What are the two stages in which Kristeva says the quest for the "Other" breaks down?

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