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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. To Kristeva, what relationship does the maternal body represent fluidity between?
(a) Woman to woman.
(b) Father and daughter.
(c) Mother and child.
(d) Brother and sister.

2. Which term does Butler use to describe Kristeva's theory?
(a) Worrisome.
(b) Wry.
(c) Self-defeating.
(d) Angsty.

3. Butler describes construction as caught between which two elements?
(a) Determinism and free will.
(b) Destiny and fate.
(c) Society and self.
(d) Science and religion.

4. According to Butler, gender is more an attribute than a what?
(a) Societal mechanism.
(b) Substance.
(c) Social construction.
(d) Choice.

5. How does Butler describe Wittig's idea of fictive sex?
(a) Insignificant.
(b) Important.
(c) Misguided.
(d) Misleading.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In Gender Trouble, male-female distinction is compared to which distinction?

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

4. Butler makes the claim that gender is a kind of what?

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

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