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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Chapter 2, The Perverse Implantation.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is the author of "My Secret Life" an interesting example in Foucault's argument?
(a) Because he was part of the institutionalization of sexual discourse.
(b) Because he represented the negative effects of repression.
(c) Because he was a window into the popular social norms of the time.
(d) Because he was turning sex into discourse for his own pleasure.

2. What modification happened to sexual discourse during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries?
(a) It was propagated as the only path to salvation.
(b) It became increasingly specific in all spheres and dialogues.
(c) Focus shifted from the married couple to "unnatural" sexuality.
(d) It became increasingly vulgar as it was embraced by the lower classes.

3. What does Foucault say is the "speaker's benefit?"
(a) Speaking is an effective way to repression.
(b) Speaking about something taboo is a transgression that gives the speaker a sense of power.
(c) Speaking gives the illusion of experience and knowledge.
(d) Speaking is a form of cleansing and purging.

4. What need was embedded in the incitement to discourse on sex in the beginning of the eighteenth century?
(a) To have the discourse not come from morality alone but from rationality as well.
(b) To spread the cleansing of the confessional to all areas of life.
(c) The expression of morally repressed desires.
(d) Rebellion against the subjugating powers.

5. What would Foucault agree with about modern industrial society?
(a) It has created an imbalanced polarization of pleasure and power.
(b) It witnessed a visible explosion of unorthodox sexualities.
(c) Never has a society been more prudish.
(d) It ushered in an age of increased sexual repression.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Foucault say is possible, regarding our society, where sex is concerned?

2. Which of the following is NOT listed as one of the accepted ways to free oneself from the effects of sexual repression?

3. Which of the following is NOT a mode of power that Foucault recognizes as being integral to sexuality in the nineteenth century?

4. What does Foucault say are the results of power exercised over sex?

5. Which of the following can NOT be said of the medicalization of the sexually peculiar?

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