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

2. Gender can be constructed for political reasons to take which of the following actions, according to Gender Trouble?
(a) Support.
(b) Judge.
(c) Oppress.
(d) Relieve.

3. Some feminists believe that what is the cultural interpretation of sex?
(a) Identity.
(b) Construction.
(c) Gender.
(d) Society.

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

5. Butler claims that women are often identified with which of the following terms?
(a) Motherhood.
(b) Feminism.
(c) Sex.
(d) Faith.

Short Answer Questions

1. Foucault discussed which of the following as being relevant to gender oppression at the hands of politics?

2. Butler believes that gender is which of the following?

3. According to Butler, gender differentiates which of the following?

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

5. What is the second effect of counterexamples of well-defined concepts, as pointed out by Butler?

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