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

2. The innate power structure of the confession leads to which of the following?
(a) All of the above.
(b) Truth takes effect not on the receiver, but on the one from whom it comes.
(c) It's truth is not guaranteed by authority figures, but by the speaker.
(d) The sexual discourse comes from below in the power structure.

3. What action was NOT taken regarding the farm hand Jouy when he was discovered seeking caresses from little girls?
(a) Theoretical elaboration.
(b) Penal.
(c) Medical intervention and clinical examination.
(d) Judicial.

4. What does Foucault say was true about sexuality at the beginning of the seventeenth century?
(a) There was little secrecy, and openness and frankness about the illicit were common.
(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 were high consequences for any deviation from the socially accepted mores of the era.

5. Which of the following did NOT happen to the nature of the confession?
(a) Sexual details became central to complete the confession and receive penance.
(b) It became more vague about any actual sexual act.
(c) Imposed meticulous rules of self examination.
(d) Became broad in nature to encompass thoughts, desires, and imaginings.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is NOT one of the doubts Foucault expresses against the "repressive hypothesis?"

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

3. Which of the following is NOT listed as one of the accepted ways to free oneself from the effects of sexual repression?

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

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

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