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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. At the beginning of this section, what crime does Dolmance admit to?
(a) Treason.
(b) Murder.
(c) Rape.
(d) Sodomy.

2. According to Dolmance in the Fourth Dialogue, mankind was created to be what?
(a) Wicked.
(b) Poor.
(c) Naked.
(d) Polygamous.

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

4. In this section, what does Dolmance declare is the most important mission a young girl can undertake?
(a) Sensual pleasure.
(b) Pleasing men.
(c) Disobeying her guardians.
(d) Drinking and smoking.

5. Instructing Eugenie on the precautions she must take as a wanton woman, Madame tell her to do what regularly?
(a) Have an abortion.
(b) Sleep with her husband.
(c) Sleep with women.
(d) Douche herself.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the value of starvation, according to Dolmance in the Third Dialogue?

2. In this section of the Third Dialogue, what does Eugenie forswear?

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

4. How many days is Eugenie intending to stay with Madame de Saint-Ange?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Chevalier frame Dolamnce's entrance in the First Dialogue?

2. How is Madame de Saint-Ange acquainted with Eugenie?

3. What standing wager does Madame de Saint-Ange have?

4. What sexual acts are covered in this section of the book?

5. What arrangement does Dolmance create with Chevalier in the Fourth Dialogue?

6. How does the Chevalier reassure Eugenie at the beginning of the Fourth Dialogue?

7. Describe Dolmance's defense of incest.

8. According to Sade in To the Philosphers, what is the key to happiness?

9. Describe the argument that Dolmance and Chevalier have in the Fourth Dialogue?

10. How does Dolmance decry religion in this section?

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