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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. What does Foucault say about the parallel sciences of the biology of reproduction and the medicine of sex in the nineteenth century?
(a) The information generated by one would cause advances in the other.
(b) There was no exchange between the two.
(c) Their theories were looked at with skepticism by the general public.
(d) They operated in similar fashions.

2. What is scientia sexualis?
(a) Procedures for telling the truth about sex which are adapted from confession.
(b) The study of aberrations, perversions, and other forms of alternate sexualities.
(c) The biological science of reproduction.
(d) The science of mastering the act of sexual pleasure.

3. What does Foucault say distinguishes the last three centuries?
(a) A general prudishness of language.
(b) A uniform concern to hide sex.
(c) Massive censorship.
(d) The wide dispersion of devices and institutions that were invented for speaking about sex.

4. What does Foucault refer to as the triple edict of puritanism?
(a) Shame, repentance, and redemption.
(b) Condemnation, ridicule, and rejection.
(c) Tolerance, modification, and acceptance.
(d) Taboo, nonexistance, and silence.

5. Which of the following is a statement made by Foucault?
(a) Scientia sexualis is a more valid and evolved pursuit of truth than ars erotica.
(b) Sexuality has been repressed by the general consent of the populace.
(c) The format of the confessional is our best remedy to repression.
(d) Western societies did not manifest the movement of a power that was essentially repressive.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Foucault say are the components of the regime that sustains discourse on sexuality?

2. What is the most effective derivation of power in regards to sexuality?

3. What happened to the penal and legal codes relating to sexual offenses in the nineteenth century?

4. What can be said about the family unit and educational institutes in the nineteenth century?

5. What are the two great procedures for producing the truth about sex?

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