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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 states that when feminism splits ideas of sex and gender, it also splits which of the following?

2. Butler describes language as a tool of which of the following?

3. Levi-Strauss said that which of the following is the beginning of the divide between men and women?

4. According to Butler, coalitions effectively promote which of the following?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe Wittig's views and arguments.

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

4. Describe Butler's feelings about the body.

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

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

7. Describe Herculine Barbin.

8. Why does Lacan find language misleading?

9. What parameters does bisexuality lie outside?

10. According to Butler, what happens if the distinction between sex and gender is pushed too far?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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 3

Analyze the disagreement between Beauvoir ad Irigaray about how gender asymmetry is generated. Which does Butler side with?

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