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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. Whose writings does Kristeva encounter in "the black, romantic rage"?
(a) Bourges.
(b) Verne.
(c) Dumas.
(d) Lautreamont.

2. About how long has it been since the publication of "Journey to the End of the Night" when this book was written?
(a) 30 years.
(b) 20 years.
(c) 60 years.
(d) 50 years.

3. In what year was Celine's pamphlet "Bagatelles pour un massacre" published?
(a) 1934.
(b) 1937.
(c) 1942.
(d) 1939.

4. Kristeva says Celine saw his home country as becoming dominated by a secret conspiracy by whom?
(a) Americans.
(b) Russians.
(c) Jews.
(d) Catholics.

5. Kristeva says the hatred of Jews is a metaphor for a very primal struggle against what perception?
(a) The favored brother.
(b) The favored mistress.
(c) The favored parent.
(d) The favored sister.

Short Answer Questions

1. In which of Celine's works does a young character named Virginia appear?

2. What act of depravity does Kristeva point out that Celine uses in relation with very young girls to revolt his reader?

3. Which of Celine's family members had the first name Celine?

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

5. Kristeva quotes Celine as saying he is the son of a woman who repairs what?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Describe Celine's mother type of character.

4. What does Kristeva say makes literature "abject"?

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

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

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

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

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

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