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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following would Foucault agree what the purpose for which the deployment of sexuality was first established.

2. What is the theory of "degenerescence?"

3. Which of the following is a statement made by Foucault?

4. What can be said of the deployment of alliance and the deployment of sexuality?

5. What does Foucault mean when he refers to "power?"

Short Essay Questions

1. Per Foucault, what are the principle traits of juridico-discursive power structures?

2. Define how Foucault sees sexuality.

3. Explain what is meant by the statement that sexuality changed from a matter of death and sin to a matter of life and illness.

4. What is the relationship between the deployment of alliance and the deployment of sexuality in the family unit? How does it interact?

5. What is the socialization of procreative behavior?

6. Give an example of a tactical and strategic relationship.

7. How did sexuality spread to the general population?

8. Explain the principles of negative relation and the cycle of prohibition in the juridico-discursive power structure.

9. How does sexuality vary between classes?

10. What does Foucault have to say about resistance? Where can you find it?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Foucault asserts that there are four principle branches of modern sexuality based on four power centers. Describe each one.

Part 1: Hysterization of women's bodies.

Part 2: Pedagogy of children's sex.

Part 3: Socialization of procreation.

Part 4: Psychiatrization of perversion.

Essay Topic 2

Foucault presents us with three questions in part one. Discuss each of those three questions, and elaborate on what Foucault's theories are about each question.

Part 1: Is the repression of sexuality a historical fact or a modern creation imposed retroactively on the past?

Part 2: Does the repression of sexuality lead to concentration of power?

Part 3: Is the analysis of the repression of sexuality in reality simply a constituent component of the repression itself?

Essay Topic 3

In the beginning of the book, Foucault asserts that he will explain how the repressive hypothesis is in fact a constituent component of repression itself. Explain what he means.

Part 1: What is the repressive hypothesis?

Part 2: What is the social construct that repressive hypothesis is a part of? How is it a part of it?

Part 3: How does the repressive hypothesis fit in and function with sexuality today?

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