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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 III, Gender: The Circular Ruins of Contemporary Debate.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Some feminists believe that what is the cultural interpretation of sex?
(a) Society.
(b) Identity.
(c) Construction.
(d) Gender.

2. The subject of feminism cannot ground which of the following, according to Butler?
(a) Feminist politics.
(b) Feminine identity.
(c) Masculine identity.
(d) Post-feminist politics.

3. Irigaray's idea of feminine "sex" is described as including which of the following?
(a) Linguistic absence.
(b) Gender absence.
(c) Absence of constraint.
(d) Absence of construction.

4. Butler describes construction as caught between which two elements?
(a) Destiny and fate.
(b) Science and religion.
(c) Determinism and free will.
(d) Society and self.

5. Butler states that when feminism splits ideas of sex and gender, it also splits which of the following?
(a) Destiny.
(b) Trust.
(c) Desire.
(d) Unity.

Short Answer Questions

1. Butler states that if the distinction between sex and gender is pushed too far, the idea of gender becomes of the following?

2. Irigaray saw women as the negation of which of the following?

3. Butler believes that gender is which of the following?

4. The process of construction, as described by Butler, is which of the following?

5. Which is true, according to Foucault?

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