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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. In what year was Celine's pamphlet "Bagatelles pour un massacre" published?
(a) 1942.
(b) 1934.
(c) 1939.
(d) 1937.
2. Kristeva begins Chapter 6 "Celine: Neither Actor Nor Martyr" with a quote about what?
(a) Art work.
(b) Friendship.
(c) Sentences.
(d) Songs.
3. Kristeva says the hatred of Jews is a metaphor for a very primal struggle against what perception?
(a) The favored parent.
(b) The favored sister.
(c) The favored mistress.
(d) The favored brother.
4. 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?
(a) Anger.
(b) Voluptuousness.
(c) Abjection.
(d) Empathy.
5. Chapter 7 "Suffering and Horror" begins with a quote from what book?
(a) Journey to the End of the Night.
(b) Trifles for a Massacre.
(c) Death on the Installment Plan.
(d) School of Corpses.
Short Answer Questions
1. In what year was Celine's pamphlet "L'Ecole des cadavres" published?
2. Kristeva quotes Celine as saying his aim was to do what to language?
3. Chapter 8 "Those Females Who Wreck the Infinite" begins with a quote by whom?
4. Celine followed what political affiliation?
5. Who said that a fictional theme is a "blasting of self-hood"?
Short Essay Questions
1. How did Celine present very young girls in his works?
2. Why does Kristeva say it is rash to ignore any value one might find in the Anti-Semitism in Celine's work?
3. What does Kristeva mean when she says Celine is neither actor nor martyr?
4. How does Kristeva say Celine displaced the mother in his depiction of very young girls?
5. What does Kristeva say makes literature "abject"?
6. How does Kristeva say Celine captures the abject in his writing?
7. Describe Celine's mother type of character.
8. How did Celine seem to feel about the French language and the English language?
9. Why would Celine's work not be considered abject when he was actively writing them?
10. How does Kristeva say Celine's work represents the division caused by economic inequality?
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