1. Where does Kristeva say the "miracle" of Celine lies?
(a) With the content of what is written,
(b) With the reader's experience.
(c) With the style of writing.
(d) With the process of his writing.

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) Logically.
(c) Physically.
(d) Linguistically.

3. Kristeva says Celine's goal is to pervert and twist what?
(a) Ideas.
(b) Language.
(c) Concepts.
(d) Religion.

4. Kristeva says she gets a feeling from reading Celine that she does not get from whom?
(a) Gide.
(b) Leroux.
(c) Bordeaux.
(d) Proust.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Kristeva points out that there is a corresponding amount of importance placed upon social status in societies where the autonomy of women is relatively what?

2. Celine followed what political affiliation?

3. Though Kristeva says it is impossible to tell the exact order of causality, notions of what also play a large part in purity customs?

4. The author says the traditional Freudian model of the Oedipal triangle is what?

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

(see the answer key)

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