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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Conclusion, From Parody to Politics.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Butler claims that sometimes, there is recourse to which of the following?
(a) Melancholia.
(b) Gender.
(c) The maternal.
(d) The unconscious.

2. What is homoeroticism?
(a) The sexual preference of women for women.
(b) The sexual preference of women for men.
(c) The sexual preference of men for men.
(d) The sexual preference of men for women.

3. In Gender Trouble, male-female distinction is compared to which distinction?
(a) Master-slave.
(b) Parent-child.
(c) Human-animal.
(d) Religion-science.

4. Butler says that the boundary of the body is which of the following?
(a) Socially constructed.
(b) Absent.
(c) Infallible.
(d) Determinative.

5. Through apposition, what does Wittig think lesbianism engages?
(a) Heterosexuality.
(b) Homoeroticism.
(c) Feminism.
(d) Anger.

Short Answer Questions

1. The subject of feminism cannot ground which of the following, according to Butler?

2. According to Butler, what makes feminist discourse circular?

3. Who does Butler lean toward in terms of gender asymmetry?

4. What did Foucault create a genealogy of?

5. Foucault discussed which of the following as being relevant to gender oppression at the hands of politics?

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