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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following is not a human activity prohibited by law that Dolmance does not dismiss as permissible?
(a) Theft.
(b) Sodomy.
(c) Rape.
(d) Murder.

2. Who knocks at the boudoir door at the end of the Third Dialogue?
(a) Augustin.
(b) The Marquis de Sade.
(c) Madame de Mistival.
(d) Chevalier.

3. According to Dolmance, what attribute offers the best chance of success in life?
(a) Tenderness.
(b) Industriousness.
(c) Deceit.
(d) Ruthlessness.

4. How many of Madame's own children has she killed?
(a) 1.
(b) 3.
(c) 2.
(d) 0.

5. What is Dolmance's physical proof that nature prefers anal sex?
(a) The anus is positioned in line with the genitals.
(b) The anus is shaped to fit the penis.
(c) The anus is tighter than the vagina.
(d) The anus is possessed by all people.

6. What term does the Marquis de Sade use to refer to his readers in the beginning of his Introduction?
(a) Hedonists.
(b) Libertines.
(c) Voluptuaries.
(d) Apostates.

7. Through Dolmance in the Third Dialogue, Sade advocates the destruction of what?
(a) The poor.
(b) Marriage.
(c) Social mores.
(d) Children.

8. What does Dolmance propose Eugenie learn about at the beginning of the Fourth Dialogue?
(a) Menstruation.
(b) Defecation.
(c) Ejaculation.
(d) Contraception.

9. Which Roman emperor does Dolmance cite at the end of the Third Dialogue?
(a) Vespasian.
(b) Hadrian.
(c) Tiberius.
(d) Constantine.

10. What new attribute to Eugenie's personality in this section shocks Madame?
(a) Her ruthlessness.
(b) Her coldness.
(c) Her cynicism.
(d) Her amorousness.

11. According to Dolmance, what is the most preferable type of virtue?
(a) Masochistic virtue.
(b) Satanic virtue.
(c) Anti-virtue.
(d) False virtue.

12. How does Dolmance characterize the poor at the end of this section?
(a) Lazy.
(b) Free.
(c) Beautiful.
(d) Dangerous.

13. Near the end of this section, Dolmance discusses his libertine friends seducing who?
(a) Grandchildren.
(b) Animals.
(c) Nuns.
(d) Mental patients.

14. How many days is Eugenie intending to stay with Madame de Saint-Ange?
(a) 7.
(b) 1.
(c) 2.
(d) 4.

15. Which of the following groups is not one that Sade refers to specifically in To the Libertines?
(a) Profligates.
(b) Women.
(c) Clergy.
(d) Girls.

Short Answer Questions

1. What promise do Madame de Saint-Ange and Dolmance make Eugenie at the beginning of this section?

2. According to Dolmance, what does God have no reason to do?

3. Near the end of the Third Dialogue, Madame de Saint-Ange says that, along with abortion, what is permissible regarding unwanted children?

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

5. What does Madame's elderly husband force her to consume?

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