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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. Butler believes that gender is which of the following?
(a) Chosen.
(b) Identified.
(c) Constructed.
(d) Caused.

2. Butler describes repression of bisexuality as a locus of which of the following?
(a) Incest.
(b) Subversion.
(c) Prohibition.
(d) Bisexuality.

3. According to Butler, how does Wittig apply the idea of fictive sex?
(a) Nonchalantly.
(b) Angrily.
(c) Crudely.
(d) Jealously.

4. Butler's thesis is that well-defined and unified categories of women undermine the ability to represent which of the following?
(a) Politics.
(b) Women.
(c) Men.
(d) Children.

5. Butler says gender can be which of the following volitionally?
(a) Changed.
(b) Policed.
(c) Controlled.
(d) Fixed.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who emphasized linguistic distinctions between sexes as imposing cultural heterosexuality?

2. Butler points out that which of the following is related to entrapping assumptions about identity?

3. What type of appearance does a masquerade give, according to Butler?

4. Butler wants to resist what kind of a basis for identity politics?

5. Butler describes social discourse as constructing opposition between which two things?

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