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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Fourth Dialogue.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. To what does Dolmance liken sodomy in this section?
(a) A business transaction.
(b) A spiritual act.
(c) A personal hygiene process.
(d) A medical procedure.

3. In the Third Dialogue, what function of the human body does Dolmance refuse to discuss?
(a) Procreation.
(b) Orgasm.
(c) Defecation.
(d) Flatulance.

4. What promise do Madame de Saint-Ange and Dolmance make Eugenie at the beginning of this section?
(a) To secure her a private honorarium.
(b) To help her plan a murder.
(c) To get her out of her parent's house.
(d) To preserve her virginity until the Cevalier arrives.

5. In this section, Dolmance argues that no one owes fidelity to what?
(a) Their spouse.
(b) God.
(c) Their parents.
(d) Their nation.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Dolmance propose Eugenie learn about at the beginning of the Fourth Dialogue?

2. How does Madame de Sainte-Ange know Eugenie's father?

3. Who does Chevalier penetrate immediately after ejaculating in the Fourth Dialogue?

4. In this section, which historical figure does Madame de Saint-Ange use as an example of lasciviousness?

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

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