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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. In the classification of perversions, what was believed about the peripheral sexualities?
(a) They were caused by possession and were manifestations of evil.
(b) They were part of of the essential nature of humans that had to be constantly controlled.
(c) The perverted act becomes the person; the person does not demonstrate a habit but their essential nature.
(d) They were treatable temporary illnesses.

2. Which of the many great innovations in the techniques of power in the eighteenth century was inextricably interwoven with the discourse on sex?
(a) Serfdom.
(b) The partnership between church and state.
(c) The concentration of wealth and education.
(d) The emergence of population as an economic and political problem.

3. What is Foucault NOT claiming to search for instances of?
(a) Instances of discursive production.
(b) Liberation from repression.
(c) Propagation of knowledge.
(d) Production of power.

4. According to Foucault, what has happened to our "will to knowledge" regarding sexuality?
(a) It has created a science of sexuality.
(b) It has created an understanding of our perversions.
(c) It has shown us the path to liberation.
(d) It came to a halt in the face of taboo.

5. What factor supported and relayed the discourse on sex to become an essential component of society?
(a) Public interest power mechanisms.
(b) A collective curiosity.
(c) Sensibility to new sexual boundaries.
(d) A new mentality.

Short Answer Questions

1. What action was NOT taken regarding the farm hand Jouy when he was discovered seeking caresses from little girls?

2. What does Foucault say about people of disparate sexualities from the end of the eighteenth century on?

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

4. What best describes the incitement to discourse?

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

(see the answer key)

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