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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Butler suggests that perhaps sexual desire is instituted by which of the following?
(a) Anger.
(b) Subversion.
(c) Social forces.
(d) Prohibition.

2. Which term does Butler use to describe Kristeva's theory?
(a) Self-defeating.
(b) Angsty.
(c) Wry.
(d) Worrisome.

3. According to Butler, how does Wittig apply the idea of fictive sex?
(a) Crudely.
(b) Jealously.
(c) Angrily.
(d) Nonchalantly.

4. Butler wants to affirm that gender is always which of the following?
(a) Acquired.
(b) Found.
(c) Disliked.
(d) Hidden.

5. Butler claims that bodies are not which of the following?
(a) Humans.
(b) Women.
(c) Men.
(d) Beings.

Short Answer Questions

1. Kristeva views female homosexuality as which of the following?

2. Which of the following is a taboo, according to Gender Trouble?

3. Herculine says that sex is which of the following?

4. How does Gender Trouble define a masquerade?

5. How does Butler describe Wittig's idea of fictive sex?

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