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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Conclusion, From Parody to Politics.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Which of these is described by Butler as adopting incorporation as a mechanism of gender?
(a) Melancholia.
(b) Sex.
(c) Gender.
(d) Identity.

3. Foucault says that one should not be defined by which of the following?
(a) Outside.
(b) Absence.
(c) Truth.
(d) Sex.

4. Which of the following adjectives does Butler use to describe oppression?
(a) Institutionalized.
(b) Stubborn.
(c) Inactive.
(d) Faithless.

5. Lacan viewed cultural meaning's need for relating women to the maternal to be which of the following?
(a) Dependent.
(b) Oppressed.
(c) Repressed.
(d) Psychotic.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are theories referred to that produce ideas of social mechanisms of power?

2. What do feminist critics often focus on according to Butler?

3. Butler warns not to use identity as which of the following?

4. The theory of semiotic aspects of language seems to be a direct critique of which theorist?

5. Irigaray sees dialogue as a manifestation of which of the following?

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