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

2. Which is true, according to Foucault?
(a) Requirements precede identity.
(b) Society does not impact identity.
(c) Societal mechanisms are more important than identity.
(d) Entrapping assumptions are necessary.

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

4. Butler states that women must take which approach?
(a) Foundationalist.
(b) Antifoundationalist.
(c) Masculine.
(d) Feminist.

5. According to Butler, oppression requires which of the following?
(a) A villain.
(b) A savior.
(c) A hidden agent.
(d) A scapegoat.

Short Answer Questions

1. Butler suggests that we may be able to speak of what type of person without masculine attributes?

2. In Gender Trouble, male-female distinction is compared to which distinction?

3. Butler warns not to use identity as which of the following?

4. Levi-Strauss said that which of the following is the beginning of the divide between men and women?

5. The subject of feminism cannot ground which of the following, according to Butler?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Butler say about intelligible genders?

2. What does the term "masquerade" reference?

3. What parameters does bisexuality lie outside?

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

5. How does Butler describe power structures?

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

7. What does Butler think about coalitions?

8. Why does Lacan find language misleading?

9. Are Butler's conclusions effective?

10. Describe Herculine Barbin.

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