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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 women are often identified with which of the following terms?
(a) Faith.
(b) Sex.
(c) Feminism.
(d) Motherhood.

2. Gender Trouble claims that drag parodies which of the following?
(a) Heterosexuality.
(b) Gender identity.
(c) Faith.
(d) Sexuality.

3. Who does Butler believe mistakenly holds the idea of a separation between sex and gender?
(a) Riviere.
(b) Rubin.
(c) Marcuse.
(d) Lacan.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Butler wants to affirm that gender is always which of the following?

2. On what issues do Lacan, Riviere, and Freud differ?

3. Butler says that which group can appropriate the idea of sexual difference?

4. Without recourse to some idea of power, which does Butler believe cannot be achieved?

5. Who emphasized linguistic distinctions between sexes as imposing cultural heterosexuality?

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