The History of Sexuality, Vol. 1 Quizzes

The History of Sexuality, Vol. 1 Quiz 1

1 What is the subtitle of The History of Sexuality, Volume 1?
The Rise of the Bourgeoisie

Truth, Discourse, and Power over Life

Against the Repressive Hypothesis

The Will to Knowledge
2 Of what Nationality was Michel Foucault?
French

Italian

Belgian

American
3 What century is usually referred to as "The Classical Age"?
The 19th

The 18th

The 17th

The end of the French Middle Ages
4 Who are the "Other Victorians" mentioned in Part 1?
Psychiatrists and other kinds of sexual experts

Prostitutes and mental patients

Lawmakers concerned with sexual suppression

Those who lived on the outskirts of Victorian cities
5 According to Foucault, sexuality is:
A social construct

Gross

A trans-historical aspect of the human psyche

A genetic predisposition
6 The Repressive Hypothesis is the idea that
Modern society has silenced and suppressed discussion of sex

Modern society has seen the proliferation of discourses about sexuality

Sex is good, but only if it leads to reproduction

Sexuality is a social construct
7 How many volumes did Foucault plan for The History of Sexuality?
3

6

1

7
8 What city was Foucault born in?
Toulouse

Poitiers

Paris

La Rochelle
9 Who is the author of the book "The Other Victorians"?
Michel Foucault

Jacques Derrida

Steven Marcus

Louis Althusser
10 Which of the following is NOT a book by Michel Foucault?
The History of Madness

The Order of Things

Discipline and Punish

The Political Roots of Discourse
11 Which thinker is associated with the term "will to power," which influenced Foucault's concept of power-knowledge?
Friedrich Nietzsche

Karl Marx

The Marquis de Sade

Sigmund Freud
12 What does Foucault see as an undesirable political consequence of the Repressive Hypothesis?
People refuse to talk about sex because they believe it to be immoral

People speak too freely about their sexuality, putting children at risk of exposure to dangerous ideas

People attempt to liberate themselves by putting sex into discourse, without realizing that modern power has always been invested in putting sex into discourse

People attempt to liberate themselves by having dangerous and illicit sex
13 What does the term "Victorian" refer to?
The reign of Victorian, queen of England and its empire from 1837-1901

The dreadful rule of Queen Victoria of France, who imprisoned anyone who confessed to having sex

The victory of sexually-repressive regimes of power in 19th century Europe

The 18th and 19th centuries, in which scientific thinking claimed victory over more religious modes of thought
14 Foucault argues against the Repressive Hypothesis by pointing out
The rise of the bourgeoisie

The legalization of homosexual acts in the West

The widespread acceptance of sex in today's soeicty

The proliferation of discourses about sexuality in modern civilization
15 Which of the following does Foucault consider an important early influence on how modern society has put sex into discourse?
Pornographic fiction

The Catholic confession

The printing press

Psychotropic drugs
16 What is the title of an anonymously-authored bibliography that confesses the details of its author's life?
The Other Victorians

Confessions

The 120 Days of Sodom

My Secret Life
17 Foucault notes that by the 17th century, the Catholic confession became
Willing to interpret apparently non-sexual thoughts as sexual

Interested in sexual thoughts and feelings, and not just actions

Increasingly vague and euphemistic in its treatment of sexual transgressions

All of the above
18 In which US University did Foucault teach as a guest lecturer in the 1980s?
The University of California, Berkeley

Columbia University

Harvard University

The University of Chicago
19 What, according to Foucault, are the 2 predominant ways of organizing knowledge about sex?
Ars Erotica and Scientia Sexualis

Right of Death and Power over Life

The Confession and the Medical Examination

The Incitement to Discourse and the Perverse Implantation
20 According to Foucault, the modern age has seen a strong inclination to put sex into:
Practice

Silence

Discourse

Shame
21 Throughout The History of Sexuality, Volume 1, Foucault argues against
The Repressive Hypothesis

Sexual Morality

Sexual Perversion

Sexual Repression
22 In Part 2, Foucault argues that imposing tight rules on what counts as appropriate discussion of sex is
Itself a kind of discourse about sex

Evil

The result of the growth of psychiatry

An example of prudish Victorian repression
23 What is the name of the 18th century French farm boy whose sexual crimes Foucault discusses in Part 2?
Diderot

Jouy

Laporte

Bernard
24 The titles of the 2 chapters of Part 2 are
The Repressive Hypothesis and the Perverse Implantation

The History of Discourse and The Rise of Perversion

The Incitement to Discourse and the Perverse Implantation

The Repressive Hypothesis and the Incitement to Discourse
25 Which of the following does Foucault say about the history of modern sexual perversion:
The pervert became a kind of person, and not merely someone who does certain things

Perversion became seen as a deep-rooted aspect of a person's being

It became medically codified

All of the above

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