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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5, . . . Qui Tollis Peccata Mundi.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What belief states that Christ is simultaneously man and God?
(a) Manifestation.
(b) Embodiment.
(c) Epitome.
(d) Incarnation.

2. What religion does Kristeva say Christianity emerged from?
(a) Paganism.
(b) Judaism.
(c) Mormonism.
(d) Buddhism.

3. According to Jewish rituals, a newborn boy is considered pure on what condition?
(a) He meets with a rabbi.
(b) He is circumsized.
(c) He is baptised.
(d) He is born in wedlock.

4. Kristeva says the abject is somewhere between being an object and what?
(a) Being nothing.
(b) Not being a subject.
(c) Being a subject.
(d) Not being an object.

5. What does Kristeva name as the chief features of the abject?
(a) Its ambiguity.
(b) Its lucidity.
(c) Its universality.
(d) Its explicitness.

Short Answer Questions

1. Kristeva says the abject is never considered to be what?

2. Who was the first person to have specified that the plane of abjection is that of the subject/object relationship?

3. What way does Kristeva say a person will begin to act in when he no longer has any regard for the law?

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

5. What does Kristeva say it is necessary for a child to do because he has to repress his primal fears that still exist in him?

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