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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. In "Journey to the End of the Night," the narrator says that "the truth of this world is to" what?
(a) Love.
(b) Live.
(c) Die.
(d) Grow.

2. When looking at impurity and the abject, Kristeva says things which extend beyond the body's margin are considered what?
(a) Clean.
(b) Dirty.
(c) Good.
(d) Sinful.

3. Who does Kristeva say Celine's maternal figures depend on for their existence?
(a) Their children.
(b) Their husbands.
(c) Their employees.
(d) Their lovers.

4. In Christ's teachings, Kristeva says he wanted to move away from the single minded absolutism of whom?
(a) The Jews.
(b) The ancient Egyptians.
(c) The ancient Greeks.
(d) The Pagans.

5. Who was the first person to have specified that the plane of abjection is that of the subject/object relationship?
(a) Jean Baudrillard.
(b) Friedrich Nietzsche.
(c) Georges Bataille.
(d) Alexandre Kojève.

Short Answer Questions

1. For Celine, what is the foundation of human existence?

2. In "Journey to the End of the Night," the narrator says that one should "always be frightened" of what?

3. According to Kristeva, Christ invited his disciples to see what from several angles?

4. What does Kristeva say is, historically, man's primary response to the perversion caused by the abject?

5. In the Old Testament, Adam was punished for eating from what?

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