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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1, Subjects of Sex/Gender/Desire, Section IV, Theorizing the Binary, The Unitary, and Beyond.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The subject of feminism cannot ground which of the following, according to Butler?
(a) Feminine identity.
(b) Masculine identity.
(c) Post-feminist politics.
(d) Feminist politics.

2. Butler believed that the definition of what word should be permanently deferred?
(a) Woman.
(b) Sex.
(c) Sexuality.
(d) Gender.

3. Butler states that if the distinction between sex and gender is pushed too far, the idea of gender becomes of the following?
(a) Disconnected from destiny.
(b) Disconnected from feminist politics.
(c) Disconnected from the body.
(d) Disconnected from feminism.

4. Butler claims that which of the following produce feminine identity?
(a) Feminist politics.
(b) Foundationalism.
(c) Entrapping assumptions.
(d) Societal mechanisms.

5. Some feminists believe that what is the cultural interpretation of sex?
(a) Society.
(b) Identity.
(c) Gender.
(d) Construction.

Short Answer Questions

1. Irigaray saw women as the negation of which of the following?

2. Who does Butler lean toward in terms of gender asymmetry?

3. What does Butler want to see in relation to politics?

4. Which of the following does Butler describe as always being a part of the language of gender?

5. Beauvoir thinks that masculine discourse is which of the following?

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