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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. Butler says that the idea of woman may obscure which of the following?

2. Butler describes the distinction between gender and sex as first being used to undermine which of the following?

3. According to Butler, culture separation obscures which of the following?

4. According to Butler, insisting that unity of coalition requires totalizing a set of identity will undermine which of the following?

5. Butler claims that the idea of conceiving sex in a concrete way supports which of these?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Butler describe power structures?

2. What does Butler hope Gender Trouble will affirm?

3. What does Butler think about coalitions?

4. What is the significance of poetry in Gender Trouble?

5. Describe Butler's view of feminist theory.

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

7. How was the feminine identity created, according to Foucault?

8. According to Butler, what is a woman's identity associated with?

9. Why does Lacan find language misleading?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

Essay Topic 2

Describe the importance of power as it relates to sexuality, according to Butler and feminist theorists.

Essay Topic 3

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?

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