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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3, Subversive Bodily Acts, Section III, Monique Wittig, Bodily Disintegration and Fictive Sex.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. The theory of semiotic aspects of language seems to be a direct critique of which theorist?
(a) Riviere.
(b) Kristeva
(c) Lacan.
(d) Freud.

3. What does Butler want to see in relation to politics?
(a) Masculine politics.
(b) Conservative politics.
(c) Post-feminist politics.
(d) Feminist politics.

4. Herculine argues that the univocal idea of sex serves which of the following?
(a) Liberal views.
(b) Linguistic laws.
(c) Cultural laws.
(d) Social regulations.

5. Butler believes that gender is which of the following?
(a) Identified.
(b) Caused.
(c) Chosen.
(d) Constructed.

Short Answer Questions

1. Without recourse to some idea of power, which does Butler believe cannot be achieved?

2. What term does Butler use to describe all sexuality straying from social laws?

3. Butler argues that the distinction between same and other is which of the following?

4. Butler says that the idea of woman may obscure which of the following?

5. Which of the following describes power structures as Butler sees them?

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