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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Butler states that if the distinction between sex and gender is pushed too far, the idea of gender becomes of the following?
(a) Disconnected from feminist politics.
(b) Disconnected from the body.
(c) Disconnected from feminism.
(d) Disconnected from destiny.

2. According to Butler, coalitions effectively promote which of the following?
(a) Feminism.
(b) Gender roles.
(c) Solidarity.
(d) Masculinity.

3. Irigaray's idea of feminine "sex" is described as including which of the following?
(a) Gender absence.
(b) Absence of constraint.
(c) Absence of construction.
(d) Linguistic absence.

4. What did Levi-Strauss consider the totality and closure of?
(a) Utopian society.
(b) Feminism.
(c) Oppression.
(d) Language.

5. The subject of feminism cannot ground which of the following, according to Butler?
(a) Feminist politics.
(b) Post-feminist politics.
(c) Masculine identity.
(d) Feminine identity.

6. According to Butler, culture separation obscures which of the following?
(a) Utopia.
(b) Difficulties.
(c) Identity.
(d) Revolution.

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

8. Which of the following does Butler describe as always being a part of the language of gender?
(a) Determinism.
(b) Sexuality.
(c) Constraint.
(d) Bodies.

9. To Butler, looking for sexed nature prior to culture is a result of which of the following?
(a) Low intelligence.
(b) Good intentions.
(c) Bad intentions.
(d) High intelligence.

10. Some sexuality is enhanced by which of the following, according to Butler?
(a) Law.
(b) Illness.
(c) Society.
(d) Feminism.

11. The process of construction, as described by Butler, is which of the following?
(a) Simple.
(b) False.
(c) Unified.
(d) Complex.

12. Butler suggests that we may be able to speak of what type of person without masculine attributes?
(a) Women.
(b) Children.
(c) Men.
(d) Heterosexuals.

13. Butler describes the distinction between gender and sex as first being used to undermine which of the following?
(a) Biology vs. destiny.
(b) Science vs. religion.
(c) Faith vs. destiny.
(d) Future vs. past.

14. Which of the following adjectives does Butler use to describe oppression?
(a) Faithless.
(b) Stubborn.
(c) Inactive.
(d) Institutionalized.

15. Butler thinkss the definition of gender should be which of the following?
(a) Closed tightly.
(b) Left open.
(c) Closed loosly.
(d) Ignored.

Short Answer Questions

1. Foucault discussed which of the following as being relevant to gender oppression at the hands of politics?

2. Butler describes the presumed existing feminine identity as which of the following?

3. Which of the following terms does Butler use to describe oppression?

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

5. Many feminists say that the idea of "woman" is which of the following?

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