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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 is the second effect of counterexamples of well-defined concepts, as pointed out by Butler?
(a) Marginilizes people.
(b) Increases identity.
(c) Supports feminist politics.
(d) Undermines identity.

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

3. Butler describes construction as caught between which two elements?
(a) Determinism and free will.
(b) Society and self.
(c) Destiny and fate.
(d) Science and religion.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The subject of feminism cannot ground which of the following, according to Butler?

2. Butler claims that which of the following produce feminine identity?

3. Butler points out that which of the following is related to entrapping assumptions about identity?

4. What does Butler want to see in relation to politics?

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

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