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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 says that the idea of woman may obscure which of the following?
(a) Politics.
(b) Beauty.
(c) Fame.
(d) Truth.

2. Butler points out that which of the following is related to entrapping assumptions about identity?
(a) Feminine identity.
(b) Foundationalism.
(c) Feminist politics.
(d) Unified categories.

3. Butler says the question of which of the following makes women a positive being?
(a) Metaphysics of bodies.
(b) Metaphysics of determinism.
(c) Metaphysics of substance.
(d) Metaphysics of constraint.

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

5. Butler insists that unity is not necessary for which to be effective?
(a) Education.
(b) Foundationalism.
(c) Political action.
(d) Feminism.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which is true, according to Foucault?

2. Many feminists say that the idea of "woman" is which of the following?

3. Butler describes the distinction between gender and sex as first being used to undermine which of the following?

4. According to Butler, what makes feminist discourse circular?

5. Many feminists believe that one must develop which of the following?

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