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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Conclusion, From Parody to Politics.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Kristeva argues that which of the following exists in poetry?
(a) Dependence.
(b) Defeat.
(c) Energy.
(d) Subversion.

2. Which of the following describes power structures as Butler sees them?
(a) All bad.
(b) Never patriarchal.
(c) Not all bad.
(d) All patriarchal.

3. Which of the following terms does Butler use to describe oppression?
(a) Inactive.
(b) Masculinist.
(c) Inconclusive.
(d) Feminist.

4. Lacan said that there was no direct access to which of the following?
(a) Existence.
(b) Knowledge.
(c) Being.
(d) Language.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following did Foucault critique?

2. Which of these is described by Butler as adopting incorporation as a mechanism of gender?

3. What does the dominance of man express to Butler?

4. Kristeva argues for the semiotic as a source of which of the following?

5. What term does Butler use to describe all sexuality straying from social laws?

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