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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Butler makes the claim that which concept will probably end up being best understood as a bundle?
(a) Heterosexuality.
(b) Gender.
(c) Sex.
(d) Identity.

2. What does Butler want to see in relation to politics?
(a) Feminist politics.
(b) Conservative politics.
(c) Masculine politics.
(d) Post-feminist politics.

3. To understand gender identity, Butler states that we must know which of the following?
(a) Matrix of gender trouble.
(b) Matrix of feminist politics.
(c) Matrix of ntelligibility.
(d) Matrix of feminism.

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

5. What is homoeroticism?
(a) The sexual preference of men for women.
(b) The sexual preference of women for women.
(c) The sexual preference of women for men.
(d) The sexual preference of men for men.

Short Answer Questions

1. Butler claims that which of the following produce feminine identity?

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

3. In Gender Trouble, male-female distinction is compared to which distinction?

4. Which of the following describes power structures as Butler sees them?

5. Which of the following terms does Butler use to describe oppression?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Kristeva's view of law?

2. What parameters does bisexuality lie outside?

3. How does Butler describe drag?

4. Why and how is gender created to oppress, according to Butler?

5. According to Butler, how can one develop identity?

6. What does Butler think of Wittig's ideas?

7. What does Butler mean when she suggests there is more mere convention in biological research than is supposed?

8. According to Butler, what do some feminists think about gender?

9. What is Butler's main question in Gender Trouble?

10. What does Butler say about intelligible genders?

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