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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 does the dominance of man express to Butler?
(a) Heterosexuality.
(b) Feminism.
(c) Masculinity.
(d) Homoeroticism.

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

3. Many feminists say that the idea of "woman" is which of the following?
(a) Not concrete.
(b) Well-defined.
(c) Concrete.
(d) Not well-defined.

4. Foucault discussed which of the following as being relevant to gender oppression at the hands of politics?
(a) Aesexuals.
(b) Heterosexuals.
(c) Hermaphrodites.
(d) Homosexuals.

5. Who does Butler describe as concerning themselves with cultural laws and roles in oppression?
(a) Utopians.
(b) Masculinists.
(c) Feminists.
(d) Structuralists.

Short Answer Questions

1. Gender can be constructed for political reasons to take which of the following actions, according to Gender Trouble?

2. What are theories referred to that produce ideas of social mechanisms of power?

3. Butler makes the claim that which concept will probably end up being best understood as a bundle?

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

5. Without recourse to some idea of power, which does Butler believe cannot be achieved?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Lacan think women symbolize the phallus?

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

3. Describe Butler's view of feminist theory.

4. Why do some feminists say that feminine identity is vital, according to Butler?

5. According to Herculine's arguments, how can sexual nonidentity be achieved?

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

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

8. What is a consequence that Butler suggests results from the lack of clarity between distinctions?

9. What does Butler believe about the definition of gender?

10. How did Butler describe the concept of splitting sex and gender?

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