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

Short Answer Questions

1. To Kristeva, poetry helps express the dependence of who?

2. Butler claims that various conflicts and convergences produce shifting of which item?

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

4. How is drag used, according to Butler?

5. Kristeva seems to understand the semiotic in what kinds of terms?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe societal constructions. What makes them complex? How are societal constructions created? Give one example of a societal construction and explain if it is negative or positive.

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

Analyze Butler's conclusion as a whole. Is it effective? Does you agree with it or believe that it has some merit? Does it fulfill its purpose?

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