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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Oxtiern, or The Misfortunes of Libertinage.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who ordered a mistress of a brothel to stop giving women to Sade?
(a) Sade's mother.
(b) An inspector.
(c) Sade's mother-in-law.
(d) Sade's wife.

2. On what day is the "First Day"?
(a) November 1.
(b) May 1.
(c) December 1.
(d) January 1.

3. During the storming of the Bastille, how many volumes of Sade's library were looted?
(a) 200.
(b) 86.
(c) 780.
(d) 600.

4. According to Beauvoir, what did Sade come to know at an early age?
(a) Foulness and violence.
(b) Hatred and violence.
(c) Hatred and sadism.
(d) Resentment and violence.

5. Where does Act One open in "Oxtiern"?
(a) A sitting room of an inn.
(b) The entrance to a castle.
(c) A stable.
(d) A garden.

Short Answer Questions

1. The auditors are moved to which room to listen to narrations?

2. Courval is told that Florville is related to ______________.

3. Why did Beauvoir state that Sade "mistrusted everything and everybody"?

4. How many questions did Villeterque state he would "bother with"?

5. What is Courval's income, as noted by Sade?

(see the answer key)

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