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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 states that if the distinction between sex and gender is pushed too far, the idea of gender becomes of the following?
(a) Disconnected from destiny.
(b) Disconnected from the body.
(c) Disconnected from feminist politics.
(d) Disconnected from feminism.

2. Irigaray sees dialogue as a manifestation of which of the following?
(a) Feminism.
(b) Linguistic sexuality.
(c) Masculinism.
(d) Identity.

3. What is the first effect of counterexamples of well-defined concepts, as pointed out by Butler?
(a) Obscures reality.
(b) Foundationalism results.
(c) Feminist politics strengthen.
(d) Societal mechanisms result.

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

5. What does Butler want to see in relation to politics?
(a) Post-feminist politics.
(b) Conservative politics.
(c) Masculine politics.
(d) Feminist politics.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Butler believes that coalitions should be which of the following?

3. Butler believed that the definition of what word should be permanently deferred?

4. Butler claims that feminists should criticize in which manner?

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

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