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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, insisting that unity of coalition requires totalizing a set of identity will undermine which of the following?

2. According to Butler, oppression requires which of the following?

3. Butler claims that women are often identified with which of the following terms?

4. Butler's thesis is that well-defined and unified categories of women undermine the ability to represent which of the following?

5. Butler makes the claim that what type of genders produce coherence and continuity?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Herculine Barbin.

2. Describe the argument between Foucault and Barbin.

3. What is the purpose of binary restrictions?

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

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

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

7. Describe how Butler says bodies are regulated.

8. How does Butler describe homoeroticism?

9. What does the term "masquerade" reference?

10. How does Butler describe power structures?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In Gender Trouble, what is a masquerade? Why is a masquerade related to the idea of individuality, sexuality, and gender? What connotation is masquerade given?

Essay Topic 2

Analyze Foucault's ideas used by Butler in Gender Trouble. Are Foucault's ideas relevant to Butler's thesis? Do you think Foucault's ideas are weak or strong? What does Butler seem to think?

Essay Topic 3

Why does Lacan describe women as symbolizing the phallus? Does Butler agree or disagree with this concept? What literary devices does Butler use to show her approval or contempt of this idea?

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