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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Beauvoir thinks that masculine discourse is which of the following?

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

3. Irigaray sees dialogue as a manifestation of which of the following?

4. According to Butler, binary restrictions on sex are constructed to serve which of the following?

5. What does non-reciprocity relate to?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe how Butler says bodies are regulated.

2. What is a consequence that Butler suggests results from the lack of clarity between distinctions?

3. What does Butler think of Wittig's ideas?

4. Why does Lacan find language misleading?

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

6. According to Herculine's arguments, how can sexual nonidentity be achieved?

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

8. How does Butler describe power structures?

9. Describe Herculine Barbin.

10. What does the term "masquerade" reference?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Analyze the disagreement between Beauvoir ad Irigaray about how gender asymmetry is generated. Which does Butler side with?

Essay Topic 2

Explain the theories Kristeva adds to Gender Trouble. How does Butler interpret these theories? What do you think of them and why?

Essay Topic 3

In Gender Trouble, what is a masquerade? Why is a masquerade related to the idea of individuality, sexuality, and gender? What connotation is masquerade given?

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