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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Butler says that Rubin's story relies too much on which of the following?
(a) Repression.
(b) Aaer.
(c) Subversion.
(d) Angst.

2. Wittig claims that _____ is not the rejection of heterosexuality?
(a) Lesbianism.
(b) Masculinity.
(c) Feminism.
(d) Homoeroticism.

3. Which of the following does Butler think is hard to quantify?
(a) Identification.
(b) Gender.
(c) Incorporation.
(d) Melancholia.

4. Gender Trouble claims that drag parodies which of the following?
(a) Sexuality.
(b) Heterosexuality.
(c) Gender identity.
(d) Faith.

5. On what issues do Lacan, Riviere, and Freud differ?
(a) Gender identification.
(b) Unconscious identification.
(c) Maternal identification.
(d) Melancholia.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose theory of language forbids looking for the "being" of gender?

2. What kind of gender norms make certain social forms possible and others impossible, according to Butler?

3. Butler suggests that there is mere convention in which field than is supposed?

4. Which adjective best describes Lacan's view of language?

5. Kristeva argues for the semiotic as a source of which of the following?

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