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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8, Those Females Who Wreck the Infinite.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Kristeva says that the reader is thrown into what kind of state when reading Celine?
(a) Familar.
(b) Strange.
(c) Uncomfortable.
(d) Deviant.

2. Freud says "In the beginning was the deed" at the end of which of his books?
(a) Moses and Monotheism.
(b) Studies on Hysteria.
(c) The Interpretation of Dreams.
(d) Totem and Taboo.

3. Kristeva says that the ritualization of defilement and purification is also responsible for creating inequality between whom?
(a) Religions.
(b) Races.
(c) The sexes.
(d) Classes.

4. What type of sea creatures are forbidden from being eaten, according to the Old Testament?
(a) Shellfish.
(b) Goldfish.
(c) Octypus.
(d) Jellyfish.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Kristeva says purity is usually associated with conducting what type of affairs in certain ways?

2. Kristeva begins Chapter 6 "Celine: Neither Actor Nor Martyr" with a quote about what?

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

4. Kristeva says literature undermines itself when it attempts to analyze what?

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

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