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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Phobias are irrational fears which have what?
(a) Roots in reality.
(b) A definite object.
(c) A vague aim.
(d) An unspecified object.

2. In the Bible, man is forbidden from drinking the blood of what?
(a) Birds.
(b) Any animal.
(c) Humans.
(d) Fish.

3. According to Jewish rituals, a newborn boy is considered pure on what condition?
(a) He is baptised.
(b) He is born in wedlock.
(c) He meets with a rabbi.
(d) He is circumsized.

4. In the Old Testament, Adam was punished for eating from what?
(a) The Tree of Life.
(b) The Tree of God and Man.
(c) The Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil.
(d) The Tree of Angels and Demons.

5. For disobeying God in the Old Testament, Adam was forbidden from eating from what?
(a) The Tree of Life.
(b) The Tree of Angels and Demons.
(c) The Tree of God and Man.
(d) The Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many prevailing interpretations of the laws regarding ritual impurity in the Old Testament does Kristeva say there are?

2. In order to be eaten, according to the Old Testament, an animal has to eat what?

3. Freud links a little boy's fear of horses to a fear of what?

4. Kristeva says Judaism always conceived of impurity as what kind of reality?

5. Kristeva says women are often unfairly considered to be what?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Kristeva say Christianity and Judaism differ in the thoughts of impurity?

2. How does Kristeva say incest relates to the abject?

3. How does Mary Douglas explain the idea that impurity about the body is a phobia derived from the abject?

4. Explain Kristeva's idea of the "zero state."

5. What does Kristeva mean when she talks about "subjectified abjection"?

6. How does Kristeva say Christianity uses separation and division?

7. How does Kristeva point out that Judaism differs from other old world religions in terms of worshiping gods?

8. What is the correlation Kristeva presents between the importance of social status in sexual relationships and the equality between the sexes?

9. How do some societies try to purify a "defiled" person?

10. What does Kristeva say about how fears and desires are formed in young children?

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