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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2 , Chapter 1, The Incitement to Discourse.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Per Foucault, what happened the "will to knowledge" about sexuality under the taboo of sexuality?
(a) It was driven underground and become occult.
(b) It led to the creation of the science of sexuality.
(c) It became the domain of the upper classes and those in power.
(d) It was nearly extinguished by imposed silence.

2. What does Foucault say is possible, regarding our society, where sex is concerned?
(a) It is the most repressed.
(b) It is the most long-winded and impatient of societies.
(c) It is the most tolerant of sexual perversions.
(d) It is the best informed.

3. What best describes the incitement to discourse?
(a) Rebellious and necessary.
(b) Religious and cleansing.
(c) Regulated and polymorphous.
(d) Fundamental and natural.

4. What is the "discursive fact?"
(a) The tendency of discourse to enlighten.
(b) The liberation attained through discussion.
(c) The way in which sex is put into discourse.
(d) The need people experience to discuss illicit subjects.

5. What does Foucault define as the popularly held belief about sexuality over the last two centuries?
(a) It has been a chronicle of increasing repression.
(b) It has become more healthy and balanced.
(c) Sexuality has thrived in predefined relationships.
(d) It has moved from the immoral to the moral.

Short Answer Questions

1. What explanation does Foucault say is historically applied to the evolution of sexuality after the fact?

2. Which of the following statements would Foucault NOT agree with?

3. What is the central question Foucault wishes to address?

4. What is the "repressive hypothesis?"

5. Per Foucault, what was the affect of power exercised over sex?

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