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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. About how long has it been since the publication of "Journey to the End of the Night" when this book was written?
(a) 50 years.
(b) 60 years.
(c) 20 years.
(d) 30 years.
2. How does Celine often depict maternal figures?
(a) As bored.
(b) As loving.
(c) As sexual.
(d) As violent.
3. Where does Kristeva say the "miracle" of Celine lies?
(a) With the process of his writing.
(b) With the reader's experience.
(c) With the content of what is written,
(d) With the style of writing.
4. Kristeva says illusions give what to hatred?
(a) Contradiction.
(b) Voice.
(c) Power.
(d) Legitimacy.
5. Kristeva begins Chapter 6 "Celine: Neither Actor Nor Martyr" with a quote by whom?
(a) Rousseau.
(b) Nietzsche.
(c) Hobbes.
(d) Locke.
Short Answer Questions
1. During the 1930s, what group does Kristeva say was calling for equality?
2. In which of Celine's works is dizziness a motif?
3. Celine's doctoral dissertation dealt with what topic?
4. What type of creature does Kristeva say Celine saw man as?
5. Kristeva quotes Celine as saying that the mother gives life without what?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Kristeva say the hatred of Jews act as a metaphor for the abject?
2. What does Kristeva say Celine felt was the foundation of human existence?
3. How does Kristeva say Celine captures the abject in his writing?
4. In what ways that Kristeva points out do Celine's writings differ from Jewish ideas?
5. How does Kristeva say Celine's depictions of females relate to the abject?
6. How did Celine seem to feel about the French language and the English language?
7. How did Celine present very young girls in his works?
8. Describe Celine's mother type of character.
9. Explain how Kristeva says Celine used grotesque acts in his works.
10. Why does Kristeva say that in Germany, even when Jews were seriously persecuted, they were punished with an increased vigor?
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