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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. According to Sade, man is prey to what two weaknesses?
(a) Prayer and love.
(b) Desire and need.
(c) Lust and love.
(d) Prayer and desire.

2. How many years longer does Sade say that Courval will live?
(a) 100.
(b) 10.
(c) 20.
(d) 2.

3. According to Tale 19, what age must the virgins be with which "he" wishes to copulate?
(a) 15-25.
(b) 50-60.
(c) 40-50.
(d) 30-40.

4. Where does Courval spend most of his time?
(a) Near Laiz.
(b) Near Saulcet.
(c) Near Nemours.
(d) Near Caaux.

5. What language was a mixture of Celtic and Latin?
(a) Gothic language.
(b) Portuguese language.
(c) Romance language.
(d) Germanic language.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who is married at the fifth's week festival in December?

3. With what people did the novel originate?

4. In Tale 7, How old is the maid that lost her virginity to "his" valet?

5. During the storming of the Bastille, how many volumes of Sade's library were looted?

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