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?
Against the Repressive Hypothesis

The Rise of the Bourgeoisie

The Will to Knowledge

Truth, Discourse, and Power over Life
2 Of what Nationality was Michel Foucault?
Italian

Belgian

French

American
3 What century is usually referred to as "The Classical Age"?
The 18th

The 19th

The end of the French Middle Ages

The 17th
4 Who are the "Other Victorians" mentioned in Part 1?
Those who lived on the outskirts of Victorian cities

Lawmakers concerned with sexual suppression

Prostitutes and mental patients

Psychiatrists and other kinds of sexual experts
5 According to Foucault, sexuality is:
Gross

A trans-historical aspect of the human psyche

A social construct

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

Sexuality is a social construct

Sex is good, but only if it leads to reproduction

Modern society has seen the proliferation of discourses about sexuality
7 How many volumes did Foucault plan for The History of Sexuality?
1

6

3

7
8 What city was Foucault born in?
La Rochelle

Paris

Toulouse

Poitiers
9 Who is the author of the book "The Other Victorians"?
Jacques Derrida

Louis Althusser

Steven Marcus

Michel Foucault
10 Which of the following is NOT a book by Michel Foucault?
Discipline and Punish

The Order of Things

The Political Roots of Discourse

The History of Madness
11 Which thinker is associated with the term "will to power," which influenced Foucault's concept of power-knowledge?
Sigmund Freud

The Marquis de Sade

Karl Marx

Friedrich Nietzsche
12 What does Foucault see as an undesirable political consequence of the Repressive Hypothesis?
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 speak too freely about their sexuality, putting children at risk of exposure to dangerous ideas

People attempt to liberate themselves by having dangerous and illicit sex

People refuse to talk about sex because they believe it to be immoral
13 What does the term "Victorian" refer to?
The 18th and 19th centuries, in which scientific thinking claimed victory over more religious modes of thought

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

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
14 Foucault argues against the Repressive Hypothesis by pointing out
The rise of the bourgeoisie

The widespread acceptance of sex in today's soeicty

The proliferation of discourses about sexuality in modern civilization

The legalization of homosexual acts in the West
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 120 Days of Sodom

The Other Victorians

My Secret Life

Confessions
17 Foucault notes that by the 17th century, the Catholic confession became
Interested in sexual thoughts and feelings, and not just actions

Willing to interpret apparently non-sexual thoughts as sexual

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 Chicago

Harvard University

Columbia University

The University of California, Berkeley
19 What, according to Foucault, are the 2 predominant ways of organizing knowledge about sex?
The Confession and the Medical Examination

Ars Erotica and Scientia Sexualis

Right of Death and Power over Life

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

Silence

Practice

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

Sexual Morality

Sexual Repression

Sexual Perversion
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

An example of prudish Victorian repression

The result of the growth of psychiatry

Evil
23 What is the name of the 18th century French farm boy whose sexual crimes Foucault discusses in Part 2?
Jouy

Laporte

Bernard

Diderot
24 The titles of the 2 chapters of Part 2 are
The Repressive Hypothesis and the Incitement to Discourse

The Incitement to Discourse and the Perverse Implantation

The Repressive Hypothesis and the Perverse Implantation

The History of Discourse and The Rise of Perversion
25 Which of the following does Foucault say about the history of modern sexual perversion:
It became medically codified

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

All of the above

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