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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 VI, Language, Power and the Strategies of Displacement.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Irigaray saw women as the negation of which of the following?
(a) Identity.
(b) Foundationalism.
(c) Children.
(d) Men.

2. Which of the following terms does Butler use to describe oppression?
(a) Feminist.
(b) Inactive.
(c) Masculinist.
(d) Inconclusive.

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

4. 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.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Butler makes the claim that which concept will probably end up being best understood as a bundle?

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

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

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

5. Butler makes the claim that what type of genders produce coherence and continuity?

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