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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. What is Herculine's last name?
(a) Barstow.
(b) Bortin.
(c) Barbin.
(d) Barret.

2. According to Butler, coalitions effectively promote which of the following?
(a) Solidarity.
(b) Masculinity.
(c) Gender roles.
(d) Feminism.

3. According to Lacan, what do women represent?
(a) The vagina.
(b) The phallus.
(c) The earth.
(d) The children of the earth.

4. Herculine says that sex is which of the following?
(a) A root.
(b) An effect.
(c) A nuisance.
(d) A cause.

5. Masks, according to Butler, allow people to refuse to offer which emotion?
(a) Anger.
(b) Love.
(c) Sadness.
(d) Happiness.

Short Answer Questions

1. Butler suggests that there is mere convention in which field than is supposed?

2. Butler argues that the distinction between same and other is which of the following?

3. Who does Butler lean toward in terms of gender asymmetry?

4. Butler insists that unity is not necessary for which to be effective?

5. Herculine argues that the univocal idea of sex serves which of the following?

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