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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 4, ,Chapter 1, Objective.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following was NOT one of the three major explicit codes that governed sexual practices up to the end of the eighteenth century?
(a) Christian pastoral.
(b) Canonical law.
(c) Cultural tradition.
(d) Civil law.

2. What does Foucault NOT say was true about the science of sexuality before Freud?
(a) It stirred up people's fears about the consequences of sexualities.
(b) It concerned itself primarily with aberrations and perversions.
(c) It wasn't very rational or scientific.
(d) It was devoted to strictly pursuing truth.

3. According to Foucault, what has happened to our "will to knowledge" regarding sexuality?
(a) It has shown us the path to liberation.
(b) It has created a science of sexuality.
(c) It has created an understanding of our perversions.
(d) It came to a halt in the face of taboo.

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

5. What is the feature of juridico-discursive power that Foucault labels as the logic of censorship?
(a) It prevents certain things from being said and denies their existence.
(b) All of the above.
(c) It is an injunction of nonexistance, nonmanifestation, and silence.
(d) It affirms that a thing is not permitted.

Short Answer Questions

1. What reason does Foucault suggest for the immense influence we give sex and the extensive discourse created about it?

2. The medical examination, the psychiatric investigation, the pedagogical report, and family controls can be said to be characterized by which of the following?

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

4. Which of the following is NOT true, according to Foucault, about children's sex in the eighteenth century?

5. What does the juridico-discursive model of power say about desire?

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