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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 IV, Theorizing the Binary, The Unitary, and Beyond.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Butler states that women must take which approach?
(a) Antifoundationalist.
(b) Feminist.
(c) Foundationalist.
(d) Masculine.

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

4. Some feminists believe that what is the cultural interpretation of sex?
(a) Construction.
(b) Identity.
(c) Society.
(d) Gender.

5. Butler thinkss the definition of gender should be which of the following?
(a) Left open.
(b) Closed loosly.
(c) Closed tightly.
(d) Ignored.

Short Answer Questions

1. Butler says that the idea of woman may obscure which of the following?

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

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

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

5. Which is true, according to Foucault?

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