View a FREE sample

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 believes that coalitions should be which of the following?
(a) Ignored.
(b) More open.
(c) Less open.
(d) Disappearing.

2. Butler states that if the distinction between sex and gender is pushed too far, the idea of gender becomes of the following?
(a) Disconnected from feminist politics.
(b) Disconnected from destiny.
(c) Disconnected from the body.
(d) Disconnected from feminism.

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

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

5. Butler insists that unity is not necessary for which to be effective?
(a) Education.
(b) Feminism.
(c) Foundationalism.
(d) Political action.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Irigaray saw women as the negation of which of the following?

3. The subject of feminism cannot ground which of the following, according to Butler?

4. According to Butler, gender is more an attribute than a what?

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

(see the answer key)

This section contains 199 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample