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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. What term does Butler use to describe all sexuality straying from social laws?
(a) Prefeminist.
(b) Pregenital.
(c) Postgenital.
(d) Postfeminist.

2. Butler warns not to use identity as which of the following?
(a) A cause.
(b) A premise.
(c) An excuse.
(d) A reason.

3. Without recourse to some idea of power, which does Butler believe cannot be achieved?
(a) Feminism.
(b) Power discourse.
(c) Society.
(d) Liberation.

4. Butler describes the presumed existing feminine identity as which of the following?
(a) Woman.
(b) Childish.
(c) Masculine.
(d) Political.

5. What does Butler want to see in relation to politics?
(a) Post-feminist politics.
(b) Conservative politics.
(c) Masculine politics.
(d) Feminist politics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Wittig wants which idea to be destroyed?

2. Butler thinkss the definition of gender should be which of the following?

3. Butler describes construction as caught between which two elements?

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

5. Who does Butler describe as concerning themselves with cultural laws and roles in oppression?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Butler's main question in Gender Trouble?

2. Describe Butler's feelings about the body.

3. Describe the argument between materialism and Lacanian positions.

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

5. According to Butler, what happens if the distinction between sex and gender is pushed too far?

6. What does the maternal body represent to Kristeva?

7. How does Butler describe power structures?

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

9. Describe Herculine Barbin.

10. What does Butler think of Wittig's ideas?

(see the answer keys)

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