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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. What does Foucault say was true about the discourse on sex by scholars and theoreticians until Freud?
(a) It was unaccepted by the general population.
(b) It was ineffective at causing change.
(c) It was closely tied to the ends needed by governmental needs.
(d) It never ceased to hide the thing it was talking about.

2. What does Foucault NOT say is our perceived notion of confession?
(a) Confession frees,
(b) It is a power that constrains us.
(c) Constraint and power reduce one to silence.
(d) Truths demands to surface unless held down.

3. What does Foucault NOT say was true about the science of sexuality before Freud?
(a) It was devoted to strictly pursuing truth.
(b) It concerned itself primarily with aberrations and perversions.
(c) It stirred up people's fears about the consequences of sexualities.
(d) It wasn't very rational or scientific.

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

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What effect did the classification of perversions have?

4. In what areas of our lives does Foucault say confession in integral in the west?

5. Which of the following would Foucault NOT agree was a result of sexual discourse?

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