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

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

3. In Judiasm, people are instructed to be wary of men with what trait?
(a) Blue eyes.
(b) Flat noses.
(c) Blonde hair.
(d) Small chins.

4. Kristeva says Judaism always conceived of impurity as what kind of reality?
(a) Metaphorical.
(b) Symbolic.
(c) Internal.
(d) Material.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Kristeva says that the Christian account of sin could be defined as what?

2. One interpretation of the laws in the Old Testament, which Kristeva cites, says that impurity is identified with contact with whom?

3. What taboo does Kristeva say it is easy to see develop out of the abject?

4. When looking at impurity and the abject, Kristeva says things which extend beyond the body's margin are considered what?

5. What is the name of the little boy who is afraid of horses in Chapter 2?

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