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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3, Subversive Bodily Acts, Section II, Foucault, Herculine, and the Politics of Sexual Discontinuity.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Butler, coalitions effectively promote which of the following?
(a) Feminism.
(b) Solidarity.
(c) Masculinity.
(d) Gender roles.

2. Butler makes the claim that a masquerade denies which of the following?
(a) Masculine desire.
(b) Feminine desire.
(c) Homosexuality.
(d) Homoeroticism.

3. How does Gender Trouble define a masquerade?
(a) A party where people hide their identities.
(b) An individual without an identity.
(c) An individual who wants to appear mainstream.
(d) An individual with loose morals.

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

5. Butler suggests that bisexuality is which of the following?
(a) Extreme sexuality.
(b) Lack of sexuality.
(c) Secondary sexuality.
(d) Non-binary sexuality.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of media did Herculine write?

2. Who does Butler lean toward in terms of gender asymmetry?

3. According to Butler, the XY female poses problems to what type of categories?

4. According to Butler, insisting that unity of coalition requires totalizing a set of identity will undermine which of the following?

5. Foucault says that which of the following is problematic?

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