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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which is true, according to Foucault?
(a) Requirements precede identity.
(b) Society does not impact identity.
(c) Entrapping assumptions are necessary.
(d) Societal mechanisms are more important than identity.

2. According to Butler, gender differentiates which of the following?
(a) Constructions.
(b) Constraints.
(c) Bodies.
(d) Sexes.

3. Irigaray sees dialogue as a manifestation of which of the following?
(a) Identity.
(b) Linguistic sexuality.
(c) Feminism.
(d) Masculinism.

4. According to Butler, oppression requires which of the following?
(a) A hidden agent.
(b) A savior.
(c) A villain.
(d) A scapegoat.

5. Levi-Strauss said that which of the following is the beginning of the divide between men and women?
(a) Forbidding incest.
(b) Forbidding women to breastfeed.
(c) Allowing incest.
(d) Allowing women to have an education.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Butler insists that unity is not necessary for which to be effective?

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

4. What are theories referred to that produce ideas of social mechanisms of power?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Butler's main question in Gender Trouble?

2. How did Butler describe the concept of splitting sex and gender?

3. Describe the path Butler outlines that leads to identification.

4. What are the effects of the counterexamples of well-defined concepts, such as a well-defined category of women?

5. Describe Butler's view of feminist theory.

6. Describe the argument between Foucault and Barbin.

7. What does Butler believe about the definition of gender?

8. What is postgenital sexuality?

9. How does Butler describe drag?

10. What does the term "masquerade" reference?

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