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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What is the second section of Frenchmen, Some More Effort if You Wish to Become Republicans?
2. Who does Dolmance order to strip Madame de Mistival in the Final Dialogue?
3. In this section, what does Dolmance claim the heart does?
4. What does Dolmance use to revive Madame de Mival after she passes out?
5. According to Dolmance, what naturally follows desire?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why does the author of the pamphlet reject the notion of laws as important to order?
2. Why is marriage unpatriotic, according to the author?
3. How does sexual fluid give way to blood at the beginning of the Fifth Dialogue?
4. What trepidations does Augustin have at the beginning of the Fifth Dialogue?
5. How could The Bedroom Philosophers be viewed as satire?
6. What proclamation regarding crime does Dolmance make at the beginning of this section?
7. How does Dolmance conclude his argument with Chevalier in this section?
8. In the Fifth Dialogue, what does Dolmance explain about the law to Eugenie?
9. What argument for the pamphleteer offer regarding death and capital punishment?
10. How does Dolmance explain his vile character in this section?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
The story of The Bedroom Philosophers is, to a certain extent, the story of Eugenie's education. She enters the narrative a relative innocent and leaves it a libertine. In a three-part essay, discuss Eugenie's character arch:
Part 1) Why is Eugenie initially an innocent? Discuss her life before she arrived in Madame de Saint-Ange's boudoir. What compels her about the libertine lifestyle? How has she explored her sexuality thus far, and what does she expect from this lesson?
Part 2) Discuss the components of Dolmance's lessons that particularly shock Eugenie? Why is she reticent to let the Chevalier break her hymen? How do her perceptions of the world change as she learns more about the philosophy of libertinage?
Part 3) Discuss the type of women Eugenie has become by the end of The Bedroom Philosophers. How does she view the world and her family? What plans does she have for her life going forward? How is this different from her outlook on life at the beginning of the book?
Essay Topic 2
Write an essay about the character of the Chevalier. What is his connection to Dolmance, and what role does he play in the education of Eugenie? Discuss his part in plotting the various outrages against her virtue. How is he instrumental in bringing all of the major characters together into one boudoir? Discuss, also, the Chevalier's surprising outrage at the lack of compassion Dolmance displays? How does he become the most loving of the libertines?
Essay Topic 3
Write an essay about the historical context of The Bedroom Philosophers. What was happening in France at the time that the Marquis de Sade was writing? What reference to these historical events is made in the book? What do the libertines of the book think about the political state of the nation? What changes would they like to see instituted in the country and why?
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