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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. Whose theory of language forbids looking for the "being" of gender?
(a) Freud.
(b) Levi-Strauss.
(c) Lacan.
(d) Butler.

2. According to Butler, binary restrictions on sex are constructed to serve which of the following?
(a) Voluntary heterosexuality.
(b) Cumpulsory homosexuality.
(c) Compulsory heterosexuality.
(d) Forced homosexuality.

3. What does Butler want to see in relation to politics?
(a) Feminist politics.
(b) Post-feminist politics.
(c) Conservative politics.
(d) Masculine politics.

4. Butler asks if what kind of human can exist?
(a) Gendered.
(b) Pre-gendered.
(c) Transgendered.
(d) Post-gendered.

5. What theory recognizes how the incest taboo works?
(a) Bisexuality.
(b) Subversion.
(c) Psychoanalytic.
(d) Homosexuality.

Short Answer Questions

1. Butler describes feminists as often hoping for which of the following?

2. To understand gender identity, Butler states that we must know which of the following?

3. According to Butler, laws are results of which of the following?

4. Butler's thesis is that well-defined and unified categories of women undermine the ability to represent which of the following?

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

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