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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. For Celine, what is the foundation of human existence?
(a) Hatred.
(b) Suffering.
(c) Lust.
(d) Love.
2. Chapter 7 "Suffering and Horror" begins with a quote from Celine which says "one can be a virgin with respect to Horror as one is a virgin toward" what?
(a) Empathy.
(b) Voluptuousness.
(c) Anger.
(d) Abjection.
3. Kristeva quotes Celine as saying that the mother gives life without what?
(a) Passion.
(b) Love.
(c) Infinity.
(d) Desire.
4. Who did Celine devote his doctoral dissertation to?
(a) Ignaz Semmelweis.
(b) Gustav Adolf Michaelis.
(c) Oliver Wendell Holmes.
(d) Caroline M De Costa.
5. Who does Kristeva say Celine's maternal figures depend on for their existence?
(a) Their employees.
(b) Their husbands.
(c) Their children.
(d) Their lovers.
Short Answer Questions
1. In what year was Celine's pamphlet "Mea Culpa" published?
2. To whom does Kristeva say "Journey to the End of the Night" is dedicated?
3. Kristeva begins Chapter 6 "Celine: Neither Actor Nor Martyr" with a quote by whom?
4. Kristeva says illusions give what to hatred?
5. During the 1930s, what group does Kristeva say was arguing for the status quo?
Short Essay Questions
1. In what ways that Kristeva points out do Celine's writings differ from Jewish ideas?
2. What reasons does Kristeva give for why Celine agreed with anti-Jew sentiments?
3. Explain how Kristeva says Celine used grotesque acts in his works.
4. Why does Kristeva say it makes sense that Celine would say his style was the most important part of his writing?
5. Why does Kristeva say her reading of Celine will not be a thematic one?
6. How does Kristeva say Celine's depictions of females relate to the abject?
7. Why does Kristeva say it is rash to ignore any value one might find in the Anti-Semitism in Celine's work?
8. How does Kristeva say the hatred of Jews act as a metaphor for the abject?
9. What does Kristeva say makes literature "abject"?
10. Why would Celine's work not be considered abject when he was actively writing them?
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