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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Butler says that which group can appropriate the idea of sexual difference?

3. Butler believed that the definition of what word should be permanently deferred?

4. Who does Butler describe as concerning themselves with cultural laws and roles in oppression?

5. What is homoeroticism?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What do Lacan, Riviere, and Freud disagree about?

3. What do Beauvoir and Irigaray disagree on?

4. Describe the argument between Foucault and Barbin.

5. How does Butler propose one can explode categories and oppositions?

6. How does Butler describe identification as being social constructed?

7. What is Butler's thesis in Gender Trouble?

8. Describe the argument between materialism and Lacanian positions.

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

10. Why does Lacan think women symbolize the phallus?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

According to Gender Trouble, what creates gender? What different points of view are presented in the text surrounding the origins of gender? Why are all these theories important to the text?

Essay Topic 2

Describe the process Butler explains from desire to identification. Is her description effective? Is it accurate? What does the significance placed on this process say about Butler?

Essay Topic 3

Describe societal constructions. What makes them complex? How are societal constructions created? Give one example of a societal construction and explain if it is negative or positive.

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