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

2. What is the first effect of counterexamples of well-defined concepts, as pointed out by Butler?
(a) Obscures reality.
(b) Societal mechanisms result.
(c) Feminist politics strengthen.
(d) Foundationalism results.

3. Who does Butler lean toward in terms of gender asymmetry?
(a) Beauvoir.
(b) Lacan.
(c) Freud.
(d) Irigaray.

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

5. Irigaray sees dialogue as a manifestation of which of the following?
(a) Masculinism.
(b) Identity.
(c) Feminism.
(d) Linguistic sexuality.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Butler says the question of which of the following makes women a positive being?

3. Butler claims that which of these is needed for a point to hold?

4. What does non-reciprocity relate to?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. According to Butler, how can one develop identity?

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

3. How does Butler describe the process of construction?

4. What are Butler's goals regarding the topic of incest?

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

6. What do Beauvoir and Irigaray disagree on?

7. Describe the argument between materialism and Lacanian positions.

8. According to Butler, what is a woman's identity associated with?

9. Why does Butler say that rectifying pre-patriarchal scheme is problematic?

10. What does Butler say about the causes of laws?

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