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

Short Answer Questions

1. Butler says that laws are not mere causes of which of the following?

2. Butler describes incorporation as leading to which of these?

3. Butler describes repression of bisexuality as a locus of which of the following?

4. How is drag used, according to Butler?

5. Butler wishes to show where and how which of the following operates?

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

Butler suggests that gender can be undermined and controlled. Do you believe this is true?

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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