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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3, Subversive Bodily Acts, Section II, Foucault, Herculine, and the Politics of Sexual Discontinuity.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Which of the following adjectives does Butler use to describe oppression?
(a) Stubborn.
(b) Inactive.
(c) Faithless.
(d) Institutionalized.

4. Gender can be constructed for political reasons to take which of the following actions, according to Gender Trouble?
(a) Judge.
(b) Relieve.
(c) Support.
(d) Oppress.

5. Foucault discussed which of the following as being relevant to gender oppression at the hands of politics?
(a) Hermaphrodites.
(b) Homosexuals.
(c) Aesexuals.
(d) Heterosexuals.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is a taboo, according to Gender Trouble?

2. The theory of semiotic aspects of language seems to be a direct critique of which theorist?

3. What term does Butler use to describe all sexuality straying from social laws?

4. Which of these is described by Butler as adopting incorporation as a mechanism of gender?

5. According to Butler, the XY female poses problems to what type of categories?

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