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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Butler describes all sexuality as being constructed within which of the following?
(a) Power discourse.
(b) Liberation.
(c) Societal mechanisms.
(d) Feminism.

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

4. Gender can be constructed for political reasons to take which of the following actions, according to Gender Trouble?
(a) Judge.
(b) Oppress.
(c) Relieve.
(d) Support.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. To Butler, looking for sexed nature prior to culture is a result of which of the following?

2. According to Butler, what can exist outside power discourse?

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

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

5. Butler says that feminist theory often looks for what type of person?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the path Butler outlines that leads to identification.

2. What suggestions did Luce Irigaray make?

3. According to Butler, what approach must all women take?

4. How does Butler propose one can explode categories and oppositions?

5. Describe Butler's feelings about the body.

6. Why does Lacan find language misleading?

7. What does Butler believe about the definition of gender?

8. Why does Lacan think women symbolize the phallus?

9. Describe the disagreement between Kristeva, Lacan, and Butler.

10. What does Butler mean when she suggests there is more mere convention in biological research than is supposed?

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