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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. According to Freud, what is "the life instinct"?
(a) Eros.
(b) Id.
(c) Logic.
(d) Pathos.

2. Whom did Klossowski name as the "original guilty party"?
(a) God.
(b) Sade.
(c) Woman.
(d) Man.

3. What did Klossowski state was the only way Sadean conscience recovers her liberty?
(a) By forging forward at all costs.
(b) By destroying her own works.
(c) By insuring that her works become immortal.
(d) By forgetting who she is completely.

4. Who mistreated a poor family and then called for his own punishment by whipping?
(a) Almani.
(b) Saint-Ford.
(c) Duc.
(d) Sade.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Sade believe existed outside of the three kingdoms of species and creatures?

2. Which of Sade's plays was a great success?

3. According to Klossowski, what philosopher opposed the sufferings of the innocent?

4. At what "level" did Freud look at life?

5. Whom did Klossowski quote about "original sin"?

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