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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. What language did Celine say he loathed in a quote Kristeva uses in Chapter 10?
(a) Italian.
(b) Russian.
(c) French.
(d) English.

2. Kristeva says narrative in abject literature assumes that there is a sharp distinction between subject and what?
(a) Object.
(b) Horror.
(c) Abject.
(d) Noun.

3. Which of Celine's family members had the first name Celine?
(a) His aunt.
(b) His grandmother.
(c) His sister.
(d) His mother.

4. Chapter 8 "Those Females Who Wreck the Infinite" begins with a quote that was taken from a letter written to whom?
(a) Whittaker Chambers.
(b) Pauline Smith.
(c) Terry Teachout.
(d) Milton Hindus.

5. During the 1930s, what group does Kristeva say was calling for equality?
(a) National Socialists.
(b) Republicans.
(c) Communists.
(d) Capitalists.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Kristeva says the hatred of Jews is a metaphor for a very primal struggle against what perception?

3. Kristeva says abject literature is what kind of category?

4. Kristeva says Celine anchors the destiny of literature through a re-assumption that he makes by use of what?

5. Kristeva says literature undermines itself when it attempts to analyze what?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. In what ways that Kristeva points out do Celine's writings differ from Jewish ideas?

3. Why does Kristeva say that in Germany, even when Jews were seriously persecuted, they were punished with an increased vigor?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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