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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 Celine saw his home country as becoming dominated by a secret conspiracy by whom?
(a) Americans.
(b) Russians.
(c) Jews.
(d) Catholics.

2. In what year was Celine's pamphlet "Mea Culpa" published?
(a) 1936.
(b) 1922.
(c) 1924.
(d) 1945.

3. Kristeva quotes Celine as saying that the mother gives life without what?
(a) Infinity.
(b) Passion.
(c) Desire.
(d) Love.

4. What is the last name of James Joyce's Molly character?
(a) Bloom.
(b) Awalt.
(c) Marcus.
(d) Timmons.

5. Kristeva says illusions give what to hatred?
(a) Voice.
(b) Legitimacy.
(c) Power.
(d) Contradiction.

Short Answer Questions

1. About how long has Celine been dead when this book was written?

2. Kristeva quotes Celine as saying he is not a man ideas but a man of what?

3. Chapter 7 "Suffering and Horror" begins with a quote from what book?

4. In which of Celine's books does his character Molly appear?

5. For Celine, what is the foundation of human existence?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Celine present very young girls in his works?

2. How does Kristeva seem to feel about Celine's Nazism?

3. How did Celine seem to feel about the French language and the English language?

4. What does Kristeva say about how Celine's novels are realistic?

5. Explain how Kristeva says Celine used grotesque acts in his works.

6. How did Celine use strong women in his works?

7. What does Kristeva say Celine felt was the foundation of human existence?

8. What does Kristeva mean when she says Celine's language exhibits a fascination with what might be called "binary" speech?

9. How does Kristeva say Celine's work represents the division caused by economic inequality?

10. How, according to Kristeva, do Celine's works draw the reader to their primal repressions?

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