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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Butler compare Foucault to?

2. Butler claims that bodies are not what kind of boundaries?

3. Heterosexism in a masquerade is sustained by which of the following, as Butler describes?

4. Wittig says women must become which attribute?

5. Butler describes which concept as explanations with more plausibility than taboos?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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?

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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