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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 VI, Language, Power and the Strategies of Displacement.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Some sexuality is enhanced by which of the following, according to Butler?
(a) Society.
(b) Illness.
(c) Law.
(d) Feminism.

2. Butler points out that which of the following is related to entrapping assumptions about identity?
(a) Unified categories.
(b) Foundationalism.
(c) Feminist politics.
(d) Feminine identity.

3. Butler claims that which of these is needed for a point to hold?
(a) Ontology of feminism.
(b) Ontology of gender.
(c) Ontology of liberation.
(d) Ontology of sex.

4. Butler warns not to use identity as which of the following?
(a) An excuse.
(b) A reason.
(c) A cause.
(d) A premise.

5. What is the second effect of counterexamples of well-defined concepts, as pointed out by Butler?
(a) Marginilizes people.
(b) Supports feminist politics.
(c) Increases identity.
(d) Undermines identity.

Short Answer Questions

1. Butler's thesis is that well-defined and unified categories of women undermine the ability to represent which of the following?

2. Butler describes all sexuality as being constructed within which of the following?

3. Butler thinkss the definition of gender should be which of the following?

4. Irigaray sees dialogue as a manifestation of which of the following?

5. According to Butler, insisting that unity of coalition requires totalizing a set of identity will undermine which of the following?

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