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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Nature as Destructive Principle.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whom did Klossowski quote about "original sin"?
(a) Locke.
(b) Joseph de Maistre.
(c) Hobes.
(d) Descartes.

2. According to Klossowski, "what we call crime must contain the key" to ___________.
(a) Hope.
(b) Sin.
(c) Knowledge.
(d) Societal aversions.

3. What do biographers fail to present in regard to Sade?
(a) A history of his life in Bastille.
(b) An authentic portrait of him.
(c) An objective view on his work.
(d) A record of his crimes.

4. "Punishments are always ___________________ to the crime."
(a) Indirect.
(b) Proportionate.
(c) Misleading.
(d) Unbalanced.

5. Who engineered Sade's escape form Miolans?
(a) His mistress.
(b) His best friend.
(c) His wife.
(d) His mother.

Short Answer Questions

1. When does Nature find man "wrong"?

2. In what year was Sade imprisoned for debt?

3. According to "Must We Burn Sade?" what happened to Sade's manuscripts?

4. According to Beauvoir, what did Sade long for?

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

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