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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 was Voltaire's purpose in writing?
(a) To insert philosophy in his novels.
(b) To create law.
(c) To admonish culture.
(d) To put forth new knowledge.

2. In what year was the Bastille stormed?
(a) 1796.
(b) 1792.
(c) 1799.
(d) 1789.

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

4. According to Sade, who needed to be classified as poets and not novelists?
(a) The miracle pageant writers.
(b) The satirists.
(c) The prose writers.
(d) The troubadours.

5. How many children does Courval have?
(a) Five.
(b) One.
(c) Two.
(d) Seven.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who taught Florville to live a virtuous life?

2. In what year did Sade publish "Les Crimes de l'Amour"?

3. Which author did Sade supposedly ignore because of his jealousy regarding the individual's success as a writer?

4. At what age is Champville "deflowered"?

5. Where does Courval spend most of his time?

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