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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 4, ,Chapter 1, Objective.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is true about the principle of latency intrinsic to sexuality?
(a) All of the above.
(b) It says the ways of sex were obscure and elusive by nature.
(c) It made possible the link of forcing a difficult confession to a scientific practice.
(d) It was no longer concerned with just what the subject wished to hide, but what was also hidden from the subject.

2. What were the two places of tolerance to arise as a result of the confinement of sexuality?
(a) The brothel and the lower class.
(b) The mental hospital and the lower class.
(c) The brothel and mental hospital.
(d) The mental hospital and the unmarried.

3. What did the author of "My Secret Life" write about?
(a) The horror he felt at some of his sexual desires.
(b) Secrets told to him by friends.
(c) Sexual acts he heard in confession.
(d) A scrupulous and detailed account of his sexual episodes.

4. Toward the beginning of the eighteenth century, in which of the following areas was there NOT an incitement to talk about sex?
(a) Domestic.
(b) Economic.
(c) Political.
(d) Technical.

5. What is the most effective derivation of power in regards to sexuality?
(a) Tolerance and acceptance of disparate sexualities.
(b) Management and marginal control of sexuality.
(c) Repression and prohibition of sexuality.
(d) Proliferation and multiplication of sexuality.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Foucault say about the juridico-discursive form of power?

2. What is the connection Foucault makes between the author of "My Secret Life" and the peasant Jouy?

3. What is the feature of juridico-discursive power that Foucault labels as the uniformity of the apparatus?

4. Why is the author of "My Secret Life" an interesting example in Foucault's argument?

5. Which of the following is one of the theses that Foucault has presented?

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