The History of Sexuality: An Introduction Quiz

Michel Foucault

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Questions 1-5 of 25:

1.

Which of the following does Foucault NOT say about the mechanics of power over sexuality? (from Part 4, ,Chapter 1, Objective)

It only has the power to say no and to produce limits.

It is dependent on the biological consequences of disobedience.

It is poor in resources, sparing in it's methods, and monotonous in tactics.

It is juridical in nature, centered on nothing more than the statement of law.

2.

What does the juridico-discursive model of power say about desire? (from Part 4, ,Chapter 1, Objective)

It finds ways to work through existing channels of power.

None of the above.

It is not affected by repression.

It is created by prohibition.

3.

What is the feature of juridico-discursive power that Foucault labels as the cycle of prohibition? (from Part 4, ,Chapter 1, Objective)

The threat of a punishment that is the supression of sex.

All of the above.

Power constrains sex only through a taboo that plays on the alternative between two nonexistences.

To deal with sex, power employs nothing more than a law of prohibition.

4.

What does Foucault NOT say is our perceived notion of confession? (from Part 3, <I>Scientia Sexualis</I>)

Truths demands to surface unless held down.

Constraint and power reduce one to silence.

It is a power that constrains us.

Confession frees,

5.

How does Foucault explain the shift in meaning of the death penalty? (from Part 5, Right of Death and Power Over Life)

From a determined quest for blood to a rational decision.

From the will of the sovereign to the safeguarding of society.

From a decision of the highest of command to due process within laws.

None of the above.

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