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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7, Suffering and Horror.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Kristeva call it when a child is in a perfect equilibrium of desire and satisfaction?
(a) Low state.
(b) Blank slate.
(c) Zero state.
(d) Nothing state.

2. During the 1930s, what group does Kristeva say was arguing for the status quo?
(a) Communists.
(b) National Socialists.
(c) Capitalists.
(d) Republicans.

3. According to the traditional Freudian model of the Oedipal triangle, all desire is modeled on the pattern of what?
(a) Nuclear family.
(b) Evolution.
(c) Original sin.
(d) The holy trinity.

4. According to many anthropologists and psychologists, what are the two acts which are condemned almost universally by all societies?
(a) Godlessness and murder.
(b) Incest and murder.
(c) Incest and rape.
(d) Rape and murder.

5. Why does the Bible forbid eating camels, according to Kristeva's reading?
(a) It does not chew cud.
(b) It does not have a parted hoof.
(c) It has humps.
(d) It is meant to be ridden.

Short Answer Questions

1. One of the chief themes of Celine's work is the struggle between what groups?

2. Phobias are irrational fears which have what?

3. Kristeva says Christ taught that impurity was something that took place where?

4. In which of Celine's works is dizziness a motif?

5. Who does Kristeva say is considered the spiritual forefather of Christians?

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