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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. What is the name of the little boy who is afraid of horses in Chapter 2?
2. Since the boy is forced to repress his desire for the "maternal body" at a young age, Kristeva says he has not yet understood the situation in what way?
3. For disobeying God in the Old Testament, Adam was forbidden from eating from what?
4. Kristeva says the permission, given in the Old Testament, to eat some animals is given out of a recognition of what?
5. Kristeva says the abject is never considered to be what?
Short Essay Questions
1. How do some societies try to purify a "defiled" person?
2. According to class theory, how are the drives of an individual divided?
3. What does Kristeva say is the most plausible interpretation of the laws regarding ritual impurity in the Old Testament?
4. What rules come with the permission to eat meat in the Old Testament?
5. How does Kristeva say the Freudian model of the Oedipal triangle flawed?
6. How does Kristeva says the abject can be expressed?
7. What are the two stages in which Kristeva says the quest for the "Other" breaks down?
8. What reason does Kristeva give for why Christianity disregards the Levitical law?
9. What does Kristeva say about how fears and desires are formed in young children?
10. How does Kristeva point out that Judaism differs from other old world religions in terms of worshiping gods?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the notions of separateness in Jewish ideologies and laws. How did other ancient religions view god? Why does Kristeva say that the notion of uniqueness is what inspires Jewish law? Why, according to Kristeva, do Jews value their uniqueness? In what way do the Jewish laws portray separation? How does this relate to the Jewish views on impurity?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss Kristeva's reasoning for saying Celine's Nazism should not deter from the value of his work. What does Kristeva say about Celine's Nazism? Why does she say it need not detract from his writings? Does it seem like she is making excuses, or is what she says valid? What techniques does Kristeva use to convey her views on his Nazism?
Essay Topic 3
Explore Kristeva's use of the concept of sin. How is the concept of sin relevant to the study of the abject? What differences does Kristeva mention in how sin is referred to in the Old Testament and the New Testament? What does she mean when she says sin in the New Testament is a form of "subjectified abjection"?
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