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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. According to Jewish rituals, a newborn boy is considered pure on what condition?
2. Kristeva says the abject is never considered to be what?
3. What religion does Kristeva say states that impurity is something which can never be obliterated?
4. What act in Jewish laws makes women impure for weeks?
5. According to Freud's Oedipal Triangle model, people constantly seek fulfillment and self-realization through some other object, referred to as what?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Kristeva say is the most plausible interpretation of the laws regarding ritual impurity in the Old Testament?
2. How does Kristeva say the Freudian model of the Oedipal triangle flawed?
3. How does Kristeva say the impurity phobia serves as a metaphor for society?
4. How does Kristeva say Christianity uses separation and division?
5. What does Kristeva say about how fears and desires are formed in young children?
6. According to class theory, how are the drives of an individual divided?
7. What does Kristeva say are the two prevailing interpretations of the laws regarding ritual impurity in the Old Testament?
8. How does Mary Douglas explain the idea that impurity about the body is a phobia derived from the abject?
9. How does social status play a role in purity customs in India?
10. What reason does Kristeva give for why Christianity disregards the Levitical law?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Explore Kristeva's use of the the traditional Freudian model of the Oedipal triangle. Why is it the perfect tool to explain the abject? How does she expand upon it? Why does she say it is flawed?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss the way phobias relate to the abject in the book. Where does Kristeva say phobias come from? What are people really afraid of? What do phobias seem to represent, with regard to the abject?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the motif of incest in the book. Why do you think Kristeva spends so much time on this topic? Why does she say there is such a taboo around incest? How does it relate to the abject? What does she seem to think about this taboo?
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