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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 quotes Celine as saying that the mother gives life without what?
(a) Infinity.
(b) Passion.
(c) Desire.
(d) Love.
2. Kristeva says literature undermines itself when it attempts to analyze what?
(a) Its characters.
(b) The abject.
(c) The object.
(d) Society.
3. Kristeva begins Chapter 6 "Celine: Neither Actor Nor Martyr" with a quote by whom?
(a) Hobbes.
(b) Rousseau.
(c) Nietzsche.
(d) Locke.
4. In which of Celine's works does a young character named Virginia appear?
(a) North.
(b) School of Corpses.
(c) Death on the Installment Plan.
(d) London Bridge.
5. Kristeva begins Chapter 6 "Celine: Neither Actor Nor Martyr" with a quote from what book?
(a) On the Genealogy of Morality.
(b) Twilight of the Idols.
(c) The Case of Wagner.
(d) Beyond Good and Evil.
Short Answer Questions
1. Kristeva quotes Celine as saying his aim was to do what to language?
2. Chapter 8 "Those Females Who Wreck the Infinite" begins with a quote by whom?
3. Kristeva says Celine anchors the destiny of literature through a re-assumption of what?
4. Kristeva says Celine saw his home country as becoming dominated by a secret conspiracy by whom?
5. What is the last name of James Joyce's Molly character?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Kristeva say Celine seemed to feel about human identities?
2. What does Kristeva mean when she says Celine is neither actor nor martyr?
3. Why would Celine's work not be considered abject when he was actively writing them?
4. What does Kristeva say Celine felt was the foundation of human existence?
5. What does Kristeva say about how Celine's novels are realistic?
6. Why does Kristeva say it is rash to ignore any value one might find in the Anti-Semitism in Celine's work?
7. How did Celine seem to feel about the French language and the English language?
8. What does Kristeva mean when she says Celine's language exhibits a fascination with what might be called "binary" speech?
9. What reasons does Kristeva give for why Celine agreed with anti-Jew sentiments?
10. How does Kristeva say the hatred of Jews act as a metaphor for the abject?
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