The 120 Days of Sodom and Other Writings Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

Mid-Book Test (up to Florville and Courval)

This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

Directions: Answer the question with a short answer.

1. What is Courval's income, as noted by Sade?

2. Why did Beauvoir state that Sade "mistrusted everything and everybody"?

3. With what people did the novel originate?

4. What kind of feeling did Villeterque state that he had while reading Sade's work?

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

Short Essay Questions

Directions: Answer the questions with a short paragraph.

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

2. Why did Villeterque...
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