View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The 120 Days of Sodom: Parts Two, Three and Four.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Courval's income, as noted by Sade?
(a) 5,000 francs.
(b) 15,000 francs.
(c) 25,000 francs.
(d) 10,000 francs.

2. What name is given to "any work of imagination fashioned from the most uncommon adventures which men experience in the course of their lives"?
(a) Lie.
(b) History.
(c) Novel.
(d) Myth.

3. In what year did Sade publish "Les Crimes de l'Amour"?
(a) 1797.
(b) 1800.
(c) 1799.
(d) 1810.

4. How old is Florville during the action of the story?
(a) 28.
(b) 36.
(c) 31.
(d) 26.

5. Who is married at the fifth's week festival in December?
(a) Hyacinthe and Fanny.
(b) Duc and Duclos.
(c) Hercule and Adalaide.
(d) The President and Jane.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Tale 19, what age must the virgins be with which "he" wishes to copulate?

2. At the opening of "Florville and Courval," how old is Courval?

3. How many years longer does Sade say that Courval will live?

4. How many children does Courval have?

5. Whom is "given" to the company on the 6th night of Part Three?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 151 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample