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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2, Prohibition, Psychoanalysis, and the Production of the Heterosexual Matrix, Introduction and Section I, Structuralism's Critical Exchange.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Butler, what makes feminist discourse circular?
(a) Lack of men.
(b) Lack of constraint.
(c) Lack of clarity.
(d) Lack of societal mechanism.

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

3. The subject of feminism cannot ground which of the following, according to Butler?
(a) Feminist politics.
(b) Feminine identity.
(c) Masculine identity.
(d) Post-feminist politics.

4. Butler suggests that we may be able to speak of what type of person without masculine attributes?
(a) Men.
(b) Children.
(c) Heterosexuals.
(d) Women.

5. Which of the following does Butler describe as always being a part of the language of gender?
(a) Bodies.
(b) Determinism.
(c) Sexuality.
(d) Constraint.

Short Answer Questions

1. Butler describes the presumed existing feminine identity as which of the following?

2. Butler describes feminists as often hoping for which of the following?

3. Some feminists believe that what is the cultural interpretation of sex?

4. What does the dominance of man express to Butler?

5. According to Butler, insisting that unity of coalition requires totalizing a set of identity will undermine which of the following?

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