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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. To understand gender identity, Butler states that we must know which of the following?
(a) Matrix of ntelligibility.
(b) Matrix of gender trouble.
(c) Matrix of feminism.
(d) Matrix of feminist politics.

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

3. What is the first effect of counterexamples of well-defined concepts, as pointed out by Butler?
(a) Societal mechanisms result.
(b) Feminist politics strengthen.
(c) Obscures reality.
(d) Foundationalism results.

4. According to Butler, which lies outside of language and symbolism?
(a) Bisexuality.
(b) Psychology.
(c) Prohibition.
(d) Subvesion.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following adjectives does Butler use to describe oppression?

2. According to Butler, gender differentiates which of the following?

3. Butler suggests that bisexuality is which of the following?

4. Foucault says that which of the following is problematic?

5. In Gender Trouble, male-female distinction is compared to which distinction?

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