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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. Which of the following definitions of sexuality would Foucault likely endorse?
(a) All of the above.
(b) An element of power capable of serving as a tool for the most varied strategies.
(c) An element of power relations endowed with the greatest instrumentality.
(d) A transfer point for relations of power between people.

2. What does Foucault say about the juridico-discursive form of power?
(a) It is a form of power that is solely repressive and from the top down
(b) All of the above.
(c) It is the power mechanism behind the repressive hypothesis and the belief that prohibition creates desire.
(d) It is still at work in recent analysis concerning the relationships between power and sex.

3. What does Foucault NOT say is a derivative basis of power?
(a) All of the above.
(b) Political authority.
(c) Families.
(d) Machinery of production.

4. Which of the following would Foucault NOT agree was a result of sexual discourse?
(a) The fact of speaking about sex became more important than the moral imperatives imposed.
(b) Legal sanctions against minor perversions were multiplied.
(c) A norm of sexual development was defined.
(d) Sexual irregularity was annexed to mental illness.

5. What can we expect discourses on sex to tell us?
(a) What strategy they derive from.
(b) What ideology they represent.
(c) What effects of power and knowledge they ensure.
(d) What moral divisions they accompany.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following best describes the pedagogization of children's sex?

2. What does Foucault NOT say was true about the science of sexuality before Freud?

3. What action was NOT taken regarding the farm hand Jouy when he was discovered seeking caresses from little girls?

4. Which of the following statements would Foucault use to describe sexuality?

5. What would Foucault agree with about modern industrial society?

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