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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Butler describe Wittig's idea of fictive sex?

2. Kristeva views female homosexuality as which of the following?

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

4. Wittig says women must become which attribute?

5. Butler makes the claim that gender is a kind of what?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In general, do you find Butler's arguments to be valid? Which arguments are the most valid? Which arguments seem to be the least valid?

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

Describe the focus Butler has on the incest taboo. What arguments does Butler make about the incest taboo? Does the incest taboo have a strong presence in the text?

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