Theory Quiz:

1. What is the concept of abjection primarily associated with?
A) Joy and fulfillment
B) Acceptance and integration
C) Rejection, disgust, and horror
D) Calmness and serenity

2. Which author is known for writing about abjection in “Powers of Horror”?
A) Jacques Derrida
B) Karl Marx
C) Julia Kristeva
D) Mary Klages

3. What does the binary opposition of absence/presence analyze?
A) The preference for speech over writing in Western philosophy
B) The balance between good and evil
C) The hierarchy of emotions
D) The distinction between love and hate

4. Who is the philosopher associated with the analysis of absence and presence?
A) Georg Lukács
B) Mary Klages
C) Jacques Derrida
D) Sigmund Freud

5. In Marxist theory, alienation refers to the estrangement of workers from what?
A) Their families
B) The products of their labor
C) Nature
D) Religion

6. Which of the following authors wrote about alienation in “Economic and Philosophic Manuscripts of 1844”?
A) Julia Kristeva
B) Karl Marx
C) Jacques Derrida
D) Georg Lukács

7. In psychoanalytic theory, anxiety arises from what type of separation?
A) Separation from one’s culture
B) Separation from one’s caregiver
C) Separation from one’s ideals
D) Separation from society

8. Which psychological concept did Freud associate with anxiety?
A) The Oedipus Complex
B) The Electra Complex
C) The Id, Ego, and Superego
D) The Collective Unconscious

9. Which author wrote “Key Terms in Literary Theory”?
A) Julia Kristeva
B) Mary Klages
C) Jacques Derrida
D) Karl Marx

10. What is the ultimate goal in systems that privilege presence over absence according to Derrida?
A) Complete integration
B) Full presence
C) Absolute absence
D) Total alienation

Ronald Hadrian

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