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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3, Subversive Bodily Acts, Section II, Foucault, Herculine, and the Politics of Sexual Discontinuity.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Butler argues that the distinction between same and other is which of the following?
(a) False.
(b) Debatable.
(c) Misguided.
(d) True.

2. Butler suggests that bisexuality is which of the following?
(a) Lack of sexuality.
(b) Extreme sexuality.
(c) Secondary sexuality.
(d) Non-binary sexuality.

3. Butler presents the idea that sexual nonidentity can be achieved through which of the following?
(a) Heterosexual sex.
(b) Liberation.
(c) Intersexual relations.
(d) Homosexual sex.

4. Freud held that which of these was essential to ego formation?
(a) Sexuality.
(b) Melancholy.
(c) Jealousy.
(d) Elation.

5. According to Butler, insisting that unity of coalition requires totalizing a set of identity will undermine which of the following?
(a) Solidarity.
(b) Feminism.
(c) Representation.
(d) Identity.

Short Answer Questions

1. Foucault says that which of the following is problematic?

2. Butler believes that coalitions should be which of the following?

3. What type of media did Herculine write?

4. What type of theories see unusual sexual practices as unintelligible?

5. Which adjective best describes Lacan's view of language?

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