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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. Butler says the question of which of the following makes women a positive being?
(a) Metaphysics of determinism.
(b) Metaphysics of bodies.
(c) Metaphysics of constraint.
(d) Metaphysics of substance.

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

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

4. 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 feminism.
(b) Disconnected from destiny.
(c) Disconnected from the body.
(d) Disconnected from feminist politics.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Butler believes that gender is which of the following?

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

3. Which of the following does Butler describe as always being a part of the language of gender?

4. Butler describes the distinction between gender and sex as first being used to undermine which of the following?

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

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