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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9, Ours to Jew or Die.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Traditionally, Christians link all sin to what?
(a) Satan.
(b) The flood.
(c) Hell.
(d) The original sin of Adam.

2. Since the boy is forced to repress his desire for the "maternal body" at a young age, Kristeva says he has not yet understood the situation in what way?
(a) Sexually.
(b) Linguistically.
(c) Logically.
(d) Physically.

3. Kristeva says the Pagans are seen as living very closely with what?
(a) Other religions.
(b) Demons.
(c) Nature.
(d) Technology.

4. How does Celine often depict very young female characters?
(a) As sexual.
(b) As innocent.
(c) As humble.
(d) As violent.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. Kristeva says the hatred of Jews is a metaphor for a very primal struggle against what perception?

3. Whose work does Kristeva look to help explain the relation of impurity and the abject?

4. Freud says "In the beginning was the deed" at the end of which of his books?

5. Celine followed what political affiliation?

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