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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1, Subjects of Sex/Gender/Desire, Section V, Identity, Sex and the Metaphysics of Substance.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Beauvoir thinks that masculine discourse is which of the following?
(a) Bigoted.
(b) Fair.
(c) Circular.
(d) Powerful.

2. Irigaray saw women as the negation of which of the following?
(a) Identity.
(b) Children.
(c) Foundationalism.
(d) Men.

3. What is the second effect of counterexamples of well-defined concepts, as pointed out by Butler?
(a) Increases identity.
(b) Supports feminist politics.
(c) Marginilizes people.
(d) Undermines identity.

4. What is the first effect of counterexamples of well-defined concepts, as pointed out by Butler?
(a) Obscures reality.
(b) Societal mechanisms result.
(c) Feminist politics strengthen.
(d) Foundationalism results.

5. Who does Butler lean toward in terms of gender asymmetry?
(a) Irigaray.
(b) Freud.
(c) Beauvoir.
(d) Lacan.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Butler, what makes feminist discourse circular?

2. What do Beauvoir and Irigaray disagree on?

3. Butler says that the idea of woman may obscure which of the following?

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

5. Butler suggests that we may be able to speak of what type of person without masculine attributes?

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