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

2. According to Butler, coalitions effectively promote which of the following?
(a) Gender roles.
(b) Solidarity.
(c) Masculinity.
(d) Feminism.

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

4. Which is true, according to Foucault?
(a) Society does not impact identity.
(b) Requirements precede identity.
(c) Entrapping assumptions are necessary.
(d) Societal mechanisms are more important than identity.

5. Butler's thesis is that well-defined and unified categories of women undermine the ability to represent which of the following?
(a) Children.
(b) Politics.
(c) Women.
(d) Men.

Short Answer Questions

1. Butler states that when feminism splits ideas of sex and gender, it also splits which of the following?

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

3. Butler states that if the distinction between sex and gender is pushed too far, the idea of gender becomes of the following?

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

5. Butler states that women must take which approach?

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