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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. In which of Celine's works does a young character named Virginia appear?
(a) North.
(b) Death on the Installment Plan.
(c) London Bridge.
(d) School of Corpses.

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

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

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

5. In "Journey to the End of the Night," the narrator says that one should "always be frightened" of what?
(a) Men.
(b) Beasts.
(c) Violence.
(d) Death.

Short Answer Questions

1. Chapter 9 "Ours to Jew or Die" begins with a quote that was taken from a letter written to whom?

2. In what year was Celine's pamphlet "Bagatelles pour un massacre" published?

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

4. Kristeva quotes Celine as saying that the mother gives life without what?

5. During the 1930s, what group does Kristeva say was calling for equality?

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