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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9, Ours to Jew or Die.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what year was Celine's pamphlet "L'Ecole des cadavres" published?
(a) 1935.
(b) 1932.
(c) 1938.
(d) 1931.

2. Kristeva says illusions give what to hatred?
(a) Legitimacy.
(b) Power.
(c) Contradiction.
(d) Voice.

3. Kristeva says Freud echos what German writer when he says "In the beginning was the deed"?
(a) Goethe.
(b) Broecking.
(c) Fürst.
(d) Hasenclever.

4. Kristeva begins Chapter 6 "Celine: Neither Actor Nor Martyr" with a quote by whom?
(a) Locke.
(b) Rousseau.
(c) Nietzsche.
(d) Hobbes.

5. What kind of narrative machine does Kristeva say leaves her shaken to the point of exaltation?
(a) Freudian.
(b) Calvinist.
(c) Shakespearean.
(d) Sadean.

Short Answer Questions

1. Kristeva posits that the fear of what is a phobia that develops as a response to the abject of mother-lust?

2. About how long has it been since the publication of "Journey to the End of the Night" when this book was written?

3. About how long has Celine been dead when this book was written?

4. Kristeva points out that there is a corresponding amount of importance placed upon social status in societies where the autonomy of women is relatively what?

5. Celine was of what nationality?

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