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

2. Kristeva argues for the semiotic as a source of which of the following?
(a) Dependent subversion.
(b) Indirect subversion.
(c) Psychosis subversion.
(d) Effective subversion.

3. Whose theory of language forbids looking for the "being" of gender?
(a) Butler.
(b) Levi-Strauss.
(c) Freud.
(d) Lacan.

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

5. Which adjective best describes Lacan's view of language?
(a) Unnecessary.
(b) Tolerant.
(c) Misleading.
(d) Controlling.

Short Answer Questions

1. Some sexuality is enhanced by which of the following, according to Butler?

2. What is homoeroticism?

3. Herculine argues that the univocal idea of sex serves which of the following?

4. Butler suggests that we may be able to speak of what type of person without masculine attributes?

5. Irigaray's idea of feminine "sex" is described as including which of the following?

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