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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. Which of the following definitions of sexuality would Foucault likely endorse?
(a) An element of power capable of serving as a tool for the most varied strategies.
(b) An element of power relations endowed with the greatest instrumentality.
(c) A transfer point for relations of power between people.
(d) All of the above.

2. Which of the following statements would Foucault use to describe sexuality?
(a) A furtive reality difficult to grasp and based in biology.
(b) A natural impulse that power tries to hold in check.
(c) An obscure domain that knowledge tries to uncover.
(d) A social and historical construct that creates a network which links knowledge and power.

3. What is the deployment of alliance?
(a) A system of rules and regulations based in kinship ties and marital bonds.
(b) The tendency of strategies to work together under power.
(c) The unification effect of the repression of sexuality.
(d) None of the above.

4. Which of the following does Foucault NOT say about the mechanics of power over sexuality?
(a) It is dependent on the biological consequences of disobedience.
(b) It only has the power to say no and to produce limits.
(c) It is juridical in nature, centered on nothing more than the statement of law.
(d) It is poor in resources, sparing in it's methods, and monotonous in tactics.

5. Which of the following is NOT a practice of the form of power derived from analysis used to control sexuality in children?
(a) The transference of the act onto the personality of those practicing the sexual expression.
(b) Channeling and controlling sexual expression.
(c) Discovering the root cause of sexual behavior.
(d) Surveillance of those likely to practice the form of sexual expression.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the hysterization of women's bodies refer to?

2. What was the effect of the deployment of alliance in the family unit to control sexuality?

3. What does "incomplete" sexual practices refer to?

4. What were the effects of the power exercised over sexuality in the nineteenth century?

5. What can be said of the power mechanism(s) involved in the labeling of disparate sexualities?

(see the answer key)

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