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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. Which of the following can NOT be said of the population's sexual conduct in the eighteenth century?
(a) It was uniformly negated by existing power mechanisms.
(b) It was essential the state knew of it and the use made of it.
(c) It was an object of analysis and target of intervention.
(d) Campaigns tried to conform it into a concerted economic and political behavior.

2. Per Foucault, what does our tone of voice tell us when we speak about sexuality?
(a) That we long for more understanding and help.
(b) That we derive sexual pleasure from it.
(c) That we feel we are being subversive.
(d) That we are ashamed of our sexuality.

3. What were the two places of tolerance to arise as a result of the confinement of sexuality?
(a) The brothel and mental hospital.
(b) The mental hospital and the unmarried.
(c) The mental hospital and the lower class.
(d) The brothel and the lower class.

4. What does Foucault say was true about sexuality at the beginning of the seventeenth century?
(a) There were high consequences for any deviation from the socially accepted mores of the era.
(b) All forms of sexuality were highly condemed by the church.
(c) It was considered by all to be the ethical and moral challenge of the age.
(d) There was little secrecy, and openness and frankness about the illicit were common.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Foucault, what has happened to our "will to knowledge" regarding sexuality?

2. What is Foucault NOT claiming to search for instances of?

3. Why is the author of "My Secret Life" an interesting example in Foucault's argument?

4. What need was embedded in the incitement to discourse on sex in the beginning of the eighteenth century?

5. What factor supported and relayed the discourse on sex to become an essential component of society?

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