Powers of Horror: An Essay on Abjection Quiz | Eight Week Quiz C

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Powers of Horror: An Essay on Abjection Quiz | Eight Week Quiz C

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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4, Semiotics of Biblical Abomination.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many prevailing interpretations of the laws regarding ritual impurity in the Old Testament does Kristeva say there are?
(a) Five.
(b) Four.
(c) Three.
(d) Two.

2. In some societies, Kristeva says a person who is defiled becomes clean how?
(a) Through rites.
(b) Through love.
(c) Through God.
(d) Through rejection.

3. According to Kristeva's definition of the abject, the abject cannot be acknowledged through what?
(a) Experience.
(b) Language.
(c) Art.
(d) Feeling.

4. What book of the Bible addresses rules around eating meat?
(a) Leviticus.
(b) Exodus.
(c) Numbers.
(d) Genesis.

5. What is the name of the little boy who is afraid of horses in Chapter 2?
(a) Hans.
(b) Francis.
(c) Juan.
(d) André.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Kristeva say is not directly involved when a child is weaned from his mother's breast?

2. Kristeva says the fears a child has are pre-linguistic and therefore are what?

3. In order to be eaten, according to the Old Testament, an animal has to eat what?

4. Kristeva says that the ritualization of defilement and purification is also responsible for creating inequality between whom?

5. Kristeva says that when a child's perfect equilibrium of desire and satisfaction is upset he alternates between fear and what?

(see the answer key)

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