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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1, Subjects of Sex/Gender/Desire, Section V, Identity, Sex and the Metaphysics of Substance.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Butler thinkss the definition of gender should be which of the following?
(a) Ignored.
(b) Closed loosly.
(c) Left open.
(d) Closed tightly.

2. According to Butler, binary restrictions on sex are constructed to serve which of the following?
(a) Voluntary heterosexuality.
(b) Compulsory heterosexuality.
(c) Cumpulsory homosexuality.
(d) Forced homosexuality.

3. What is the first effect of counterexamples of well-defined concepts, as pointed out by Butler?
(a) Obscures reality.
(b) Feminist politics strengthen.
(c) Foundationalism results.
(d) Societal mechanisms result.

4. Butler describes construction as caught between which two elements?
(a) Determinism and free will.
(b) Society and self.
(c) Destiny and fate.
(d) Science and religion.

5. Who does Butler lean toward in terms of gender asymmetry?
(a) Irigaray.
(b) Beauvoir.
(c) Freud.
(d) Lacan.

Short Answer Questions

1. Butler describes the distinction between gender and sex as first being used to undermine which of the following?

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

3. Which is true, according to Foucault?

4. Irigaray's idea of feminine "sex" is described as including which of the following?

5. Butler believes that coalitions should be which of the following?

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