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

2. Butler thinkss the definition of gender should be which of the following?
(a) Left open.
(b) Closed tightly.
(c) Ignored.
(d) Closed loosly.

3. Butler makes the claim that which concept will probably end up being best understood as a bundle?
(a) Gender.
(b) Identity.
(c) Sex.
(d) Heterosexuality.

4. Some feminists believe that what is the cultural interpretation of sex?
(a) Gender.
(b) Identity.
(c) Society.
(d) Construction.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Butler describes construction as caught between which two elements?

2. Without recourse to some idea of power, which does Butler believe cannot be achieved?

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

4. To Butler, worry arises that the idea of which of the following has no meaning?

5. Butler claims that women are often identified with which of the following terms?

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