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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The 120 Days of Sodom: Parts Two, Three and Four.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On the evening of the 9th of December, what is Michette allowed to wear?
(a) The corset.
(b) The little sash.
(c) The wide sash.
(d) The apron.

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

3. What was the "unique pleasure" of Father Etienne?
(a) Educating himself.
(b) Educating little girls.
(c) Educating other Fathers.
(d) Educating little boys.

4. What chemist did Klossowski quote regarding his fears about Nature?
(a) Bacon.
(b) Farady.
(c) Bernoulli.
(d) Almani.

5. How old was Florville when Saint-Agne proposed to her?
(a) 24.
(b) 34.
(c) 27.
(d) 31.

Short Answer Questions

1. On what day is the "First Day"?

2. At what time do the "Statutes" declare that the men should rise in the morning?

3. How many children does Courval have?

4. In what cell was Sade kept while at Vincennes prison?

5. What year did both Maurice Heine and Gilbert Lely give as the birth year of Sade "the writer"?

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