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

2. The process of construction, as described by Butler, is which of the following?
(a) Simple.
(b) Unified.
(c) False.
(d) Complex.

3. Butler states that when feminism splits ideas of sex and gender, it also splits which of the following?
(a) Unity.
(b) Destiny.
(c) Desire.
(d) Trust.

4. Irigaray's idea of feminine "sex" is described as including which of the following?
(a) Linguistic absence.
(b) Gender absence.
(c) Absence of construction.
(d) Absence of constraint.

5. Butler claims that feminists should criticize in which manner?
(a) Reluctantly.
(b) Politely.
(c) Generously.
(d) Totalizing.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. According to Butler, coalitions effectively promote which of the following?

3. Butler makes the claim that what type of genders produce coherence and continuity?

4. In Gender Trouble, male-female distinction is compared to which distinction?

5. To understand gender identity, Butler states that we must know which of the following?

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