MCQs: Queer Theory

1.Who is often considered one of the key figures in the development of Queer Theory?

a) Sigmund Freud       

b) Michel Foucault    

c) Karl Marx                

d) Virginia Woolf

 

2.What term is commonly used in Queer Theory to describe the performance of gender roles that don't conform to societal norms?

a) Homophobia                      

b) Heteronormativity

c) Gender performativity       

d) Sexual orientation

 

3.Which feminist and queer theorist coined the term "the lesbian continuum" to describe a range of non-heterosexual experiences among women?

a) Judith Butler           

b) Adrienne Rich        

c) Gloria Anzaldúa      

d) Eve Sedgwick

 

4.Which influential Queer Theory text by Judith Butler in 1990 explores the performative nature of gender and the idea that gender identity is constructed through repeated actions?

a) Gender Trouble                  

b) Sexual Politics        

c) Well of Loneliness              

d) History of Sexuality

 

5. Which binary conceptions of gender and sexuality is challenged by Queer Theory?

a) Male/female          

b) Heterosexual/homosexual           

c) Rich/poor   

d) Human/animal

 

6.Who coined the term "Queer Theory"?

A. Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick       

B. Judith Butler

C. Teresa de Lauretis              

D. Gayle Rubin

 

7.Which of the following is NOT a pioneer of Queer Theory?

A. Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick       

B. Judith Butler

C. Gayle Rubin                        

D. Helene Cixous

 

8.The Stonewall Riots, considered a turning point in the Gay Rights Movement, took place in which year?

A. 1971            

B. 1965            

C. 1969            

D. 1973

 

9.In Epistemology of the Closet (1990), Sedgwick introduces how many axioms?

A. Five            

B. Six               

C. Seven          

D. Eight

 

10.Who introduced the concept of the "Lesbian Continuum"?

A. Gayle Rubin            

B. Teresa de Lauretis

C. Adrienne Rich         

D. Barbara Smith

 

Answers:

1.B	2.C	3.B	4.A	5.A
6.C	7.D	8.C	9.C	10.C