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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3, Scientia Sexualis.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following is NOT listed as one of the accepted ways to free oneself from the effects of sexual repression?
(a) Transgressing laws.
(b) Abstinence.
(c) Irruption of speech.
(d) Lifting of prohibitions.

2. Which of the following can NOT be said of the medicalization of the sexually peculiar?
(a) It required an intimate exchange of discourse.
(b) It entailed examination and insistent observation.
(c) It was an analytical practice devoid of pleasure.
(d) It presupposed proximity.

3. Toward the beginning of the eighteenth century, in which of the following areas was there NOT an incitement to talk about sex?
(a) Domestic.
(b) Economic.
(c) Technical.
(d) Political.

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

5. What does Foucault say that the science of sex achieved in the nineteenth century?
(a) The study of sex in a detached manner.
(b) The direct confrontation of a social taboo.
(c) Laying the groundwork for a meticulous scientific course of study.
(d) The obscuration of truth about sex.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Foucault define as one of the most valued techniques of the West for producing truth?

2. What does Foucault say about the ritual of confession?

3. What does Foucault say about the repressive hypothesis?

4. How and where was sexuality confined by the Victorian bourgeoisie?

5. What is the connection Foucault makes between the author of "My Secret Life" and the peasant Jouy?

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