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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 makes the claim that which concept will probably end up being best understood as a bundle?
(a) Identity.
(b) Sex.
(c) Heterosexuality.
(d) Gender.

2. Without recourse to some idea of power, which does Butler believe cannot be achieved?
(a) Power discourse.
(b) Feminism.
(c) Society.
(d) Liberation.

3. Butler insists that unity is not necessary for which to be effective?
(a) Foundationalism.
(b) Education.
(c) Feminism.
(d) Political action.

4. Which is true, according to Foucault?
(a) Requirements precede identity.
(b) Societal mechanisms are more important than identity.
(c) Society does not impact identity.
(d) Entrapping assumptions are necessary.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Butler, a lot of feminist theory relies on what type of categories?

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

3. Butler believes that gender is which of the following?

4. What type of theories see unusual sexual practices as unintelligible?

5. Butler says gender can be which of the following volitionally?

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