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

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

3. Celine wrote during the rise of National Socialism in what country?
(a) Austria.
(b) Germany.
(c) Turkey.
(d) Italy.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Kristeva says that today's universe is divided between boredom, abjection, and what?

2. In what year was Celine's pamphlet "Les Beaux Draps" published?

3. Chapter 8 "Those Females Who Wreck the Infinite" begins with a quote that was taken from a letter written to whom?

4. How does Celine often depict very young female characters?

5. What is the last name of the "Journey to the End of the Night" character Arthur?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. Why does Kristeva say it is rash to ignore any value one might find in the Anti-Semitism in Celine's work?

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

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