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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. Kristeva quotes "And ye shall be unto me a kingdom of priests, and an holy nation" from what book of the Bible?
(a) Numbers.
(b) Joel.
(c) Exodus.
(d) Genesis.

2. In order to be eaten, according to the Old Testament, an animal has to eat what?
(a) Birds.
(b) Insects.
(c) Fish.
(d) Cud.

3. What religion does Kristeva say Christianity emerged from?
(a) Buddhism.
(b) Paganism.
(c) Judaism.
(d) Mormonism.

4. Freud says "In the beginning was the deed" at the end of which of his books?
(a) Studies on Hysteria.
(b) Moses and Monotheism.
(c) Totem and Taboo.
(d) The Interpretation of Dreams.

5. One interpretation of the laws in the Old Testament, which Kristeva cites, says they are the arbitrary will of who?
(a) God.
(b) The holy spirit.
(c) Jesus.
(d) Moses.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Kristeva says that the ritualization of defilement and purification is also responsible for creating inequality between whom?

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

4. When looking at impurity and the abject, Kristeva says things which extend beyond the body's margin are considered what?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Kristeva say the impurity phobia serves as a metaphor for society?

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

3. What does Kristeva say about how the New Testament contradicts the traditional Christian thoughts about the origin of sin?

4. How does social status play a role in purity customs in India?

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

6. According to class theory, how are the drives of an individual divided?

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

8. What two ways of relating to the abject does Kristeva says Dostoevsky presents in "The Possessed"?

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

10. What does Kristeva say is the most plausible interpretation of the laws regarding ritual impurity in the Old Testament?

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