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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The 120 Days of Sodom: Introduction.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is present at the first dinner party of the "society"?
(a) Both women and men.
(b) Only the members of the "society."
(c) Men only.
(d) Women only.

2. What kind of opinions does an author hold when they contradict their own views?
(a) Erroneous.
(b) Flawless.
(c) Accurate.
(d) Veracious.

3. What did Sade believe existed outside of the three kingdoms of species and creatures?
(a) Man.
(b) An original and eternal Nature.
(c) Sin.
(d) God.

4. What year did both Maurice Heine and Gilbert Lely give as the birth year of Sade "the writer"?
(a) 1771.
(b) 1780.
(c) 1775.
(d) 1773.

5. According to Sade, the truly honest man refuses to deal in ____________.
(a) Hearsay.
(b) Trust.
(c) Proof.
(d) Fact.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what novel did Sade say virtue was best rewarded?

2. How old is Florville during the action of the story?

3. How old was Florville when Saint-Agne proposed to her?

4. What did Klossowski state was a "moral being and not a created being"?

5. What kind of feeling did Villeterque state that he had while reading Sade's work?

(see the answer key)

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