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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3, Subversive Bodily Acts, Section II, Foucault, Herculine, and the Politics of Sexual Discontinuity.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Many feminists say that the idea of "woman" is which of the following?
(a) Not well-defined.
(b) Not concrete.
(c) Concrete.
(d) Well-defined.

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

4. Many feminists believe that one must develop which of the following?
(a) Feminine identiy.
(b) Societial-prescribed identity.
(c) Political identity.
(d) Childish identity.

5. Butler suggests that prohibition of which of the following is related most to sexual desire?
(a) Bisexuality.
(b) Homosexuality.
(c) Bestiality.
(d) Incest.

Short Answer Questions

1. The process of slowly incorporating various attributes is deemed which of the following?

2. Whose theory of language forbids looking for the "being" of gender?

3. Butler describes construction as caught between which two elements?

4. Irigaray's idea of feminine "sex" is described as including which of the following?

5. The theory of semiotic aspects of language seems to be a direct critique of which theorist?

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