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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, Section V, Reformulating Prohibition as Power.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Butler, binary restrictions on sex are constructed to serve which of the following?
(a) Cumpulsory homosexuality.
(b) Forced homosexuality.
(c) Compulsory heterosexuality.
(d) Voluntary heterosexuality.

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

3. Which of the following is a taboo, according to Gender Trouble?
(a) Sexuality.
(b) Psychoanalysis.
(c) Gender.
(d) Incest.

4. Butler insists that unity is not necessary for which to be effective?
(a) Foundationalism.
(b) Political action.
(c) Education.
(d) Feminism.

5. Butler describes which concept as explanations with more plausibility than taboos?
(a) Identity.
(b) Faith.
(c) Melancholia.
(d) Hopelessness.

Short Answer Questions

1. Butler states that women must take which approach?

2. Who does Butler describe as concerning themselves with cultural laws and roles in oppression?

3. What type of appearance does a masquerade give, according to Butler?

4. Butler says the question of which of the following makes women a positive being?

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

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