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

2. How does Gender Trouble define a masquerade?
(a) An individual who wants to appear mainstream.
(b) An individual with loose morals.
(c) A party where people hide their identities.
(d) An individual without an identity.

3. Masks, according to Butler, allow people to refuse to offer which emotion?
(a) Love.
(b) Sadness.
(c) Happiness.
(d) Anger.

4. What does the dominance of man express to Butler?
(a) Homoeroticism.
(b) Heterosexuality.
(c) Masculinity.
(d) Feminism.

5. Irigaray sees dialogue as a manifestation of which of the following?
(a) Feminism.
(b) Linguistic sexuality.
(c) Identity.
(d) Masculinism.

Short Answer Questions

1. Beauvoir thinks that masculine discourse is which of the following?

2. What did Levi-Strauss consider the totality and closure of?

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

4. Butler describes the distinction between gender and sex as first being used to undermine which of the following?

5. Butler claims that genders can be which of the following?

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