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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 she gets a feeling from reading Celine that she does not get from whom?
(a) Bordeaux.
(b) Gide.
(c) Proust.
(d) Leroux.

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

3. In what year was Celine's pamphlet "L'Ecole des cadavres" published?
(a) 1931.
(b) 1932.
(c) 1938.
(d) 1935.

4. Kristeva quotes Celine as saying he is the son of a woman who repairs what?
(a) Seams.
(b) Ancient lace.
(c) Photographs.
(d) Wood furnishings.

5. Kristeva quotes Celine as saying he is only comfortable in what?
(a) The presence of nothing at all.
(b) The love of friends.
(c) The presence of pen and paper.
(d) The time spent alone.

Short Answer Questions

1. During the 1930s, what group does Kristeva say was unhappy with the division that was caused by economic inequality, even if they did not call for radical economic restructuring?

2. What does Kristeva say Celine's depictions of females all lean toward?

3. Whose writings does Kristeva encounter in "the black, romantic rage"?

4. Which of Celine's works does Kristeva say best captures the feelings of the abject?

5. Celine's doctoral dissertation dealt with what topic?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Kristeva say Celine captures the abject in his writing?

3. How does Kristeva say the hatred of Jews act as a metaphor for the abject?

4. What does Kristeva mean when she says Celine is neither actor nor martyr?

5. How does Kristeva say Celine displaced the mother in his depiction of very young girls?

6. How does Kristeva say Celine seemed to feel about human identities?

7. Why does Kristeva say her reading of Celine will not be a thematic one?

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

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

10. What reasons does Kristeva give for why Celine agreed with anti-Jew sentiments?

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