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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 4, Chapter 4, Periodization.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What does the rule of the tactical polyvalence of discourses state?
(a) Knowledge generates discourse, which manifests power.
(b) Every power manifests itself as new discourse.
(c) Discourse joins power and knowledge together, and its tactics are variable and changing.
(d) Discourse is multifaceted form of power.
2. Which of the following is one of the theses that Foucault has presented?
(a) The discourse of sexual repression is part of the incitement to discourse on sex.
(b) Sexual repression is not a historical fact.
(c) Power is not derived primarily from repression.
(d) All of the above.
3. What modification happened to sexual discourse during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries?
(a) It was propagated as the only path to salvation.
(b) It became increasingly vulgar as it was embraced by the lower classes.
(c) It became increasingly specific in all spheres and dialogues.
(d) Focus shifted from the married couple to "unnatural" sexuality.
4. What does Foucault say happened when there was the apparent "silencing" of sex in discourse?
(a) Attendance at religious institutions spiked.
(b) There was a discursive explosion of institutionalized sexual discourse.
(c) People became less informed and were more easily subjugated.
(d) There was a marked increase in sexual predation and violence.
5. According to Foucault, what has happened to our "will to knowledge" regarding sexuality?
(a) It has shown us the path to liberation.
(b) It came to a halt in the face of taboo.
(c) It has created an understanding of our perversions.
(d) It has created a science of sexuality.
Short Answer Questions
1. What can we expect discourses on sex to tell us?
2. What does the rule of immanence state?
3. According to Foucault, the role of the family unit is NOT:
4. What explanation does Foucault say is historically applied to the evolution of sexuality after the fact?
5. What does the hysterization of women's bodies refer to?
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