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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. What was the only thing that Sade believed would fulfill his existence?
(a) Adultery.
(b) Drinking.
(c) Flogging.
(d) Eroticism.

2. According to Klossowski, "the substitution of Nature in a state of perpetual motion for God signifies, not the arrival of a happier era for humanity," but ____________________.
(a) The right to do as one wished.
(b) The acceptance of the refusal to change.
(c) The reality of sin.
(d) The beginning of tragedy.

3. In what year was Sade imprisoned for debt?
(a) 1753.
(b) 1769.
(c) 1784.
(d) 1771.

4. In March of 1793, how old was Sade?
(a) 53.
(b) 65.
(c) 47.
(d) 42.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The purpose of Nature is ___________.

2. On what holiday did Sade terrorize Rose Keller?

3. Who ordered a mistress of a brothel to stop giving women to Sade?

4. What did Sade "push to a point" where "it will be invested with the form of a truly transcendental fatalism"?

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

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