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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. Butler insists that unity is not necessary for which to be effective?
(a) Feminism.
(b) Political action.
(c) Foundationalism.
(d) Education.

2. Butler thinkss the definition of gender should be which of the following?
(a) Left open.
(b) Closed tightly.
(c) Closed loosly.
(d) Ignored.

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

4. What did Levi-Strauss consider the totality and closure of?
(a) Feminism.
(b) Utopian society.
(c) Language.
(d) Oppression.

5. What are theories referred to that produce ideas of social mechanisms of power?
(a) Post-masculinity.
(b) Post-political.
(c) Post-structuralist.
(d) Post-feminist.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Butler claims that the idea of conceiving sex in a concrete way supports which of these?

3. Butler believes that gender is which of the following?

4. Butler says the question of which of the following makes women a positive being?

5. Butler states that when feminism splits ideas of sex and gender, it also splits which of the following?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the argument between materialism and Lacanian positions.

2. According to Butler, what approach must all women take?

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

4. How does Butler propose one can explode categories and oppositions?

5. What does the maternal body represent to Kristeva?

6. According to Butler, what happens if the distinction between sex and gender is pushed too far?

7. What is the purpose of binary restrictions?

8. How does Butler describe homoeroticism?

9. According to Butler, what is a woman's identity associated with?

10. Why does Butler say that rectifying pre-patriarchal scheme is problematic?

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