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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What is Courval's income, as noted by Sade?
(a) 15,000 francs.
(b) 10,000 francs.
(c) 25,000 francs.
(d) 5,000 francs.

4. Villeterque accused Rousseau, Voltaire, Marmontel, Fielding, and Richardson of "painting" ____________.
(a) Sin.
(b) Violence.
(c) Crimes.
(d) Customs.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Florville want to tell Courval before they marry?

2. What did Sade call Villeterque during his response to him?

3. In what year did Sade publish "Les Crimes de l'Amour"?

4. When does Nature find man "wrong"?

5. How old is Florville during the action of the story?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Sade state about Vileterque's response to "Les Crimes de l'Amour"?

2. Through what "relationship" does Sade "compel our attention"?

3. What was the progression of the novel throughout history?

4. What was the description of Sade from March 1793?

5. What was the contradiction that Villeterque set up regarding glory, virtue, and villainy?

6. What two things does the "arranger" believe Florville has that count against her?

7. Why did Villeterque state that Sade held "erroneous opinions"?

8. What did Klossowski quote from "The 120 Days of Sodom" regarding happiness?

9. Why did Sade state that he did not want to make vice attractive in his writings?

10. What does Florville require of Courval before she will agree to marry him?

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