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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. In which of Celine's books does his character Molly appear?
(a) Trifles for a Massacre.
(b) Journey to the End of the Night.
(c) School of Corpses.
(d) Death on the Installment Plan.

2. In which of Celine's works is dizziness a motif?
(a) Journey to the End of the Night.
(b) School of Corpses.
(c) Death on the Installment Plan.
(d) Trifles for a Massacre.

3. Kristeva says that the reader is thrown into what kind of state when reading Celine?
(a) Familar.
(b) Deviant.
(c) Uncomfortable.
(d) Strange.

4. One of the chief themes of Celine's work is the struggle between what groups?
(a) Classes.
(b) Races.
(c) Religions.
(d) Sexes.

5. Kristeva says abject literature is what kind of category?
(a) Understated.
(b) Over zealous.
(c) Unified.
(d) Unstable.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. During the 1930s, what group does Kristeva say was calling for equality?

3. Kristeva quotes Celine as saying he is only comfortable in what?

4. What is the last name of James Joyce's Molly character?

5. Kristeva says Celine is the first to realize that emotional depths are revealed by what?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How does Kristeva say Celine's depictions of females relate to the abject?

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

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

6. What reasons does Kristeva give for why Celine agreed with anti-Jew sentiments?

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

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

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

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

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