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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 which of these as not being inevitable?
(a) Monarchy.
(b) Democracy.
(c) Matriarchy.
(d) Patriarchy.
2. Irigaray saw women as the negation of which of the following?
(a) Foundationalism.
(b) Men.
(c) Children.
(d) Identity.
3. Butler describes the distinction between gender and sex as first being used to undermine which of the following?
(a) Science vs. religion.
(b) Future vs. past.
(c) Biology vs. destiny.
(d) Faith vs. destiny.
4. Butler describes all sexuality as being constructed within which of the following?
(a) Feminism.
(b) Power discourse.
(c) Societal mechanisms.
(d) Liberation.
5. Irigaray's idea of feminine "sex" is described as including which of the following?
(a) Gender absence.
(b) Absence of constraint.
(c) Linguistic absence.
(d) Absence of construction.
Short Answer Questions
1. Butler makes the claim that what type of genders produce coherence and continuity?
2. Which is true, according to Foucault?
3. Butler says the question of which of the following makes women a positive being?
4. Butler describes construction as caught between which two elements?
5. Butler points out that which of the following is related to entrapping assumptions about identity?
Short Essay Questions
1. Describe the disagreement between Kristeva, Lacan, and Butler.
2. What is gender identification?
3. Describe the path Butler outlines that leads to identification.
4. Explain the concept of a taboo.
5. Why do some feminists say that feminine identity is vital, according to Butler?
6. According to Butler, what is a woman's identity associated with?
7. What do Beauvoir and Irigaray disagree on?
8. According to Butler, how can one develop identity?
9. According to Herculine's arguments, how can sexual nonidentity be achieved?
10. According to Butler, what approach must all women take?
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