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

2. Beauvoir thinks that masculine discourse is which of the following?
(a) Bigoted.
(b) Powerful.
(c) Circular.
(d) Fair.

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

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

5. According to Butler, what makes feminist discourse circular?
(a) Lack of societal mechanism.
(b) Lack of constraint.
(c) Lack of clarity.
(d) Lack of men.

Short Answer Questions

1. Butler describes construction as caught between which two elements?

2. Butler says the question of which of the following makes women a positive being?

3. Butler describes the presumed existing feminine identity as which of the following?

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

5. The process of construction, as described by Butler, is which of the following?

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