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

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

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

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

5. What is the first effect of counterexamples of well-defined concepts, as pointed out by Butler?
(a) Foundationalism results.
(b) Feminist politics strengthen.
(c) Societal mechanisms result.
(d) Obscures reality.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Which is true, according to Foucault?

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