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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 III, Gender: The Circular Ruins of Contemporary Debate.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Butler, gender differentiates which of the following?
(a) Constructions.
(b) Sexes.
(c) Constraints.
(d) Bodies.

2. Many feminists say that the idea of "woman" is which of the following?
(a) Not well-defined.
(b) Well-defined.
(c) Not concrete.
(d) Concrete.

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

4. The subject of feminism cannot ground which of the following, according to Butler?
(a) Post-feminist politics.
(b) Feminist politics.
(c) Feminine identity.
(d) Masculine identity.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Butler's thesis is that well-defined and unified categories of women undermine the ability to represent which of the following?

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

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

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

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