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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. According to Butler, gender differentiates which of the following?

2. According to Butler, what can exist outside power discourse?

3. What is the second effect of counterexamples of well-defined concepts, as pointed out by Butler?

4. Many feminists say that the idea of "woman" is which of the following?

5. Butler suggests that we may be able to speak of what type of person without masculine attributes?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe masculine subjects as Butler views them.

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

3. What does Butler think of Wittig's ideas?

4. What are Butler's goals regarding the topic of incest?

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

6. How does Butler describe drag?

7. Describe the argument between Foucault and Barbin.

8. What is Kristeva's view of law?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe female identity as Butler describes society as constructing it. Why does Butler see society's view of women as pertaining to male sexual desire? Does she support these arguments effectively?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the significance of the journals written by Herculine Barbin. What is the significance of Barbin's ideas and theories? How does Butler support and critique them?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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