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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. Butler describes the presumed existing feminine identity as which of the following?
(a) Childish.
(b) Political.
(c) Woman.
(d) Masculine.

2. Butler claims that feminists should criticize in which manner?
(a) Generously.
(b) Politely.
(c) Reluctantly.
(d) Totalizing.

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

4. Butler believes that gender is which of the following?
(a) Identified.
(b) Chosen.
(c) Caused.
(d) Constructed.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. Irigaray sees dialogue as a manifestation of which of the following?

2. Butler insists that unity is not necessary for which to be effective?

3. Butler states that women must take which approach?

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

5. What is the first effect of counterexamples of well-defined concepts, as pointed out by Butler?

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