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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. Chapter 7 "Suffering and Horror" begins with a quote from what book?
(a) Journey to the End of the Night.
(b) School of Corpses.
(c) Death on the Installment Plan.
(d) Trifles for a Massacre.

2. Chapter 8 "Those Females Who Wreck the Infinite" begins with a quote by whom?
(a) Tacitus.
(b) Victor Hugo.
(c) Georges Bataille.
(d) Celine.

3. In which of Celine's books does his character Molly appear?
(a) Journey to the End of the Night.
(b) School of Corpses.
(c) Trifles for a Massacre.
(d) Death on the Installment Plan.

4. What is the last name of the "Journey to the End of the Night" character Arthur?
(a) Ganate.
(b) Linus.
(c) Hodge.
(d) Hadley.

5. In what year was Celine's pamphlet "Les Beaux Draps" published?
(a) 1938.
(b) 1930.
(c) 1934.
(d) 1942.

Short Answer Questions

1. Kristeva says illusions give what to hatred?

2. What race did Celine seem fascinated with?

3. Kristeva says Celine anchors the destiny of literature through a re-assumption of what?

4. Kristeva says a laughing apocalypse is an apocalypse without what?

5. What is the last name of James Joyce's Molly character?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why would Celine's work not be considered abject when he was actively writing them?

2. Why might Kristeva say many of Celine's stylistic choices be called anti-linguistic or anti-grammatical?

3. Explain how Kristeva says Celine used grotesque acts in his works.

4. How did Celine seem to feel about the French language and the English language?

5. What does Kristeva say about how Celine's novels are realistic?

6. Why does Kristeva say her reading of Celine will not be a thematic one?

7. How did Celine use strong women in his works?

8. Why does Kristeva say it makes sense that Celine would say his style was the most important part of his writing?

9. What does Kristeva mean when she says Celine is neither actor nor martyr?

10. Why does Kristeva say it is rash to ignore any value one might find in the Anti-Semitism in Celine's work?

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