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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Third Dialogue, Part Two.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Madame's elderly husband force her to consume?
(a) Blood.
(b) Duck.
(c) Semen.
(d) Feces.

2. In this section, Dolmance argues that Noah and Adam both took part in what?
(a) Drunkenness.
(b) Incest.
(c) Homosexuality.
(d) Exhibitionism.

3. According to Sade in To the Libertines, what is the only way one can find transcendence?
(a) Making love to de Sade.
(b) Sacrificing oneself to sensual pleasure.
(c) Abandoning the shackles of family.
(d) Killing those below oneself.

4. According to Dolmance, what separates the understanding of virtue and vice?
(a) Geography.
(b) Enlightenment.
(c) Religion.
(d) Daylight.

5. What decor of Madame de Saint-Ange's boudoir arouses curiosity from Eugenie in the Third Dialogue?
(a) Decorative whips.
(b) Lace curtains.
(c) Mirrors.
(d) Hanging straps.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the end of this section, Dolmance says that a libertine's ultimate fidelity is to what?

2. What is Eugenie's initial reaction to seeing Dolmance in Madame's boudoir in the Third Dialogue?

3. According to Madame de Saint-Ange in this section, what is the surest way for a wanton woman to avoid pregnancy?

4. Which of the following is not a human activity prohibited by law that Dolmance does not dismiss as permissible?

5. Which character present or discussed in the First Dialogue is a stand-in for the Marquis de Sade?

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