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

2. Butler describes the presumed existing feminine identity as which of the following?
(a) Masculine.
(b) Childish.
(c) Woman.
(d) Political.

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

4. Butler believed that the definition of what word should be permanently deferred?
(a) Gender.
(b) Sex.
(c) Sexuality.
(d) Woman.

5. Butler's thesis is that well-defined and unified categories of women undermine the ability to represent which of the following?
(a) Men.
(b) Women.
(c) Children.
(d) Politics.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What are theories referred to that produce ideas of social mechanisms of power?

3. Many feminists believe that one must develop which of the following?

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

5. Many feminists say that the idea of "woman" is which of the following?

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