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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. Chapter 9 "Ours to Jew or Die" begins with a quote by whom?
(a) Celine.
(b) Follet.
(c) Villon.
(d) Destouches.
2. What type of creature does Kristeva say Celine saw man as?
(a) Bestial.
(b) Sensate.
(c) Rational.
(d) Civilized.
3. Kristeva quotes Celine as saying that the mother gives life without what?
(a) Love.
(b) Desire.
(c) Infinity.
(d) Passion.
4. Kristeva says the hatred of Jews is a metaphor for a very primal struggle against what perception?
(a) The favored sister.
(b) The favored brother.
(c) The favored mistress.
(d) The favored parent.
5. In what year was Celine's pamphlet "Les Beaux Draps" published?
(a) 1942.
(b) 1934.
(c) 1938.
(d) 1930.
Short Answer Questions
1. In what year was Celine's pamphlet "Bagatelles pour un massacre" published?
2. In "Journey to the End of the Night," the narrator says that one should "always be frightened" of what?
3. During the 1930s, what group does Kristeva say was calling for equality?
4. Kristeva begins Chapter 6 "Celine: Neither Actor Nor Martyr" with a quote by whom?
5. What kind of narrative machine does Kristeva say leaves her shaken to the point of exaltation?
Short Essay Questions
1. How did Celine seem to feel about the French language and the English language?
2. What does Kristeva mean when she says Celine is neither actor nor martyr?
3. How does Kristeva say Celine captures the abject in his writing?
4. Why does Kristeva say it is rash to ignore any value one might find in the Anti-Semitism in Celine's work?
5. What does Kristeva mean when she says Celine's language exhibits a fascination with what might be called "binary" speech?
6. How did Celine use strong women in his works?
7. How does Kristeva say Celine seemed to feel about human identities?
8. What reasons does Kristeva give for why Celine agreed with anti-Jew sentiments?
9. How does Kristeva say the hatred of Jews act as a metaphor for the abject?
10. Why might Kristeva say many of Celine's stylistic choices be called anti-linguistic or anti-grammatical?
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