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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Butler points out that which of the following is related to entrapping assumptions about identity?
(a) Feminist politics.
(b) Unified categories.
(c) Foundationalism.
(d) Feminine identity.

3. Butler's thesis is that well-defined and unified categories of women undermine the ability to represent which of the following?
(a) Children.
(b) Men.
(c) Politics.
(d) Women.

4. What does the dominance of man express to Butler?
(a) Heterosexuality.
(b) Masculinity.
(c) Homoeroticism.
(d) Feminism.

5. Butler says the question of which of the following makes women a positive being?
(a) Metaphysics of substance.
(b) Metaphysics of constraint.
(c) Metaphysics of bodies.
(d) Metaphysics of determinism.

6. Butler claims that which of the following produce feminine identity?
(a) Entrapping assumptions.
(b) Societal mechanisms.
(c) Feminist politics.
(d) Foundationalism.

7. Beauvoir thinks that masculine discourse is which of the following?
(a) Powerful.
(b) Bigoted.
(c) Fair.
(d) Circular.

8. What does non-reciprocity relate to?
(a) Utopia.
(b) Cultural laws.
(c) Political oppression.
(d) Language.

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

10. What is the second effect of counterexamples of well-defined concepts, as pointed out by Butler?
(a) Increases identity.
(b) Undermines identity.
(c) Marginilizes people.
(d) Supports feminist politics.

11. According to Butler, gender differentiates which of the following?
(a) Constructions.
(b) Bodies.
(c) Constraints.
(d) Sexes.

12. Wittig wants which idea to be destroyed?
(a) Iden
(b) Sex.
(c) Gender.
(d) Feminism.

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

14. Butler claims that feminists should criticize in which manner?
(a) Totalizing.
(b) Generously.
(c) Politely.
(d) Reluctantly.

15. Who does Butler describe as concerning themselves with cultural laws and roles in oppression?
(a) Feminists.
(b) Masculinists.
(c) Utopians.
(d) Structuralists.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Butler, culture separation obscures which of the following?

2. Butler believes that coalitions should be which of the following?

3. According to Butler, oppression requires which of the following?

4. Irigaray sees dialogue as a manifestation of which of the following?

5. According to Butler, gender is more an attribute than a what?

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