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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. What is the first effect of counterexamples of well-defined concepts, as pointed out by Butler?
2. Wittig wants which idea to be destroyed?
3. Many feminists believe that one must develop which of the following?
4. Some sexuality is enhanced by which of the following, according to Butler?
5. What is homoeroticism?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is Butler's main question in Gender Trouble?
2. What is the significance of poetry in Gender Trouble?
3. What does Butler say about the causes of laws?
4. According to Butler, what is a woman's identity associated with?
5. Describe Wittig's views and arguments.
6. What does Butler think of Wittig's ideas?
7. What is a consequence that Butler suggests results from the lack of clarity between distinctions?
8. What do Lacan, Riviere, and Freud disagree about?
9. How did Butler describe the concept of splitting sex and gender?
10. Why and how is gender created to oppress, according to Butler?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Compare the portrayals of feminist and masculine discourse. What makes feminist discourse circular and masculine discourse bigoted, according to Beauvoir?
Essay Topic 2
What role does symbolism play in Gender Trouble? What are some of the symbols used in the text? Examine the use of at least two, as well as their purpose in the context of the book.
Essay Topic 3
According to Gender Trouble, what creates gender? What different points of view are presented in the text surrounding the origins of gender? Why are all these theories important to the text?
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