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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What type of theories see unusual sexual practices as unintelligible?
(a) Lacanian.
(b) Neo-Lacanian.
(c) Butlerian.
(d) Kristevan.

2. How does Butler feel about the strategy of subversion?
(a) Excited.
(b) Skeptical.
(c) Worried.
(d) Angry.

3. According to Butler, laws are results of which of the following?
(a) Subversion.
(b) Feminism.
(c) Social forces.
(d) Prohibition.

4. Herculine argues that the univocal idea of sex serves which of the following?
(a) Social regulations.
(b) Linguistic laws.
(c) Cultural laws.
(d) Liberal views.

5. Butler argues that the distinction between same and other is which of the following?
(a) Debatable.
(b) True.
(c) False.
(d) Misguided.

6. Which adjective best describes Lacan's view of language?
(a) Controlling.
(b) Unnecessary.
(c) Tolerant.
(d) Misleading.

7. According to Butler, the XY female poses problems to what type of categories?
(a) Traditional gender.
(b) Social.
(c) Liberal.
(d) Conservative.

8. Foucault says that one should not be defined by which of the following?
(a) Outside.
(b) Sex.
(c) Absence.
(d) Truth.

9. Butler says that we cannot wholly separate sex from which of the following?
(a) Phallus.
(b) Men.
(c) Women.
(d) Gender.

10. What type of body does Butler describe as refuting sexual categorization?
(a) Intersexed.
(b) Maternal.
(c) Heterosexual.
(d) Homosexual.

11. Heterosexism in a masquerade is sustained by which of the following, as Butler describes?
(a) Appearances.
(b) Faith.
(c) Illusion.
(d) Reality.

12. Ontology requires appearance to match which of the following?
(a) Reality.
(b) Language.
(c) Theory.
(d) Existence.

13. Kristeva argues for the semiotic as a source of which of the following?
(a) Dependent subversion.
(b) Indirect subversion.
(c) Psychosis subversion.
(d) Effective subversion.

14. The theory of semiotic aspects of language seems to be a direct critique of which theorist?
(a) Lacan.
(b) Freud.
(c) Kristeva
(d) Riviere.

15. Herculine says that sex is which of the following?
(a) A nuisance.
(b) An effect.
(c) A root.
(d) A cause.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Lacan said that there was no direct access to which of the following?

3. Butler describes repression of bisexuality as a locus of which of the following?

4. Butler wishes to show where and how which of the following operates?

5. According to Butler, which cannot be fixed in advance?

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