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

Short Answer Questions

1. Kristeva argues that which of the following exists in poetry?

2. Butler says that distinctions between sexes and genders do not have to become which of the following?

3. Whose theory of language forbids looking for the "being" of gender?

4. Herculine says that sex is which of the following?

5. Freud held that which of these was essential to ego formation?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare the portrayals of feminist and masculine discourse. What makes feminist discourse circular and masculine discourse bigoted, according to Beauvoir?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

According to Gender Trouble, what creates gender? What different points of view are presented in the text surrounding the origins of gender? Why are all these theories important to the text?

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