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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. To understand gender identity, Butler states that we must know which of the following?
(a) Matrix of feminist politics.
(b) Matrix of ntelligibility.
(c) Matrix of gender trouble.
(d) Matrix of feminism.

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

3. Butler claims that feminists should criticize in which manner?
(a) Generously.
(b) Politely.
(c) Totalizing.
(d) Reluctantly.

4. Butler says the question of which of the following makes women a positive being?
(a) Metaphysics of constraint.
(b) Metaphysics of substance.
(c) Metaphysics of bodies.
(d) Metaphysics of determinism.

5. Butler describes which of these as not being inevitable?
(a) Patriarchy.
(b) Monarchy.
(c) Democracy.
(d) Matriarchy.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which is true, according to Foucault?

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

4. Butler believes that coalitions should be which of the following?

5. What does Butler want to see in relation to politics?

Short Essay Questions

1. How was the feminine identity created, according to Foucault?

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

3. How does Butler describe homoeroticism?

4. Describe Butler's conclusions about sexual desire.

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

6. Why does Lacan find language misleading?

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

8. How does Butler describe power structures?

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

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

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