The History of Sexuality: An Introduction Quiz | One Week Quiz A

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The History of Sexuality: An Introduction Quiz | One Week Quiz A

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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 4, Chapter 3, Domain.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Foucault use the French revolution as an example to support his theory of the interconnectedness of juridico-discursive power and law?
(a) When governmental agencies became too powerful the populace no longer obeyed laws.
(b) The revolution was not against the laws (the seat of power) but against those that overstepped the legal framework. Thus power and law were still on the same side.
(c) The revolutionaries created their own set of laws to produce power.
(d) All of the above.

2. What does Foucault say about people of disparate sexualities from the end of the eighteenth century on?
(a) Their neuroses were considered to be contagious, so they were shunned from society.
(b) They were perceived as scandalous, dangerous victims of disease.
(c) They were perceived as the natural consequence to repression.
(d) They were always considered criminals and sent to prisons or labor camps.

3. Which of the following would Foucault NOT agree was a result of sexual discourse?
(a) A norm of sexual development was defined.
(b) Legal sanctions against minor perversions were multiplied.
(c) The fact of speaking about sex became more important than the moral imperatives imposed.
(d) Sexual irregularity was annexed to mental illness.

4. Which of the following is true about the medicalization of the sexually peculiar?
(a) There was a sensualization of power.
(b) All alternate sexualities were looked at as having the same root.
(c) It was distinctly unpleasant to those receiving treatment.
(d) It recognized alternate sexualities as part of the essential nature of the person.

5. What is the feature of juridico-discursive power that Foucault labels as the uniformity of the apparatus?
(a) Figures of authority regarding sexuality present a uniform practice.
(b) Power over sex is exercised in the same way at all levels.
(c) The form of power mechanisms over sexuality is the same format of power found throughout society.
(d) Power over sex dictates a uniformity of sexuality.

Short Answer Questions

1. What reason does Foucault give for modern society being perverse?

2. Which of the following does Foucault NOT say about the mechanics of power over sexuality?

3. How did the institutions of power that developed in the Middle Ages, primarily monarchy, make themselves acceptable?

4. How would you best describe the strategy in which sex plays a vital role?

5. According to Foucault, the role of the family unit is NOT:

(see the answer key)

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