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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The 120 Days of Sodom: Introduction.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the first slave to Nature's laws?
(a) Animals.
(b) Nature.
(c) God.
(d) Man.

2. How many questions did Villeterque state he would "bother with"?
(a) One.
(b) None.
(c) Two.
(d) Three.

3. How many children did Duc de Blangis have?
(a) Seven.
(b) Four.
(c) Two.
(d) One.

4. Villeterque wonders about the painting of scenes where crime reigns __________.
(a) Triumphant.
(b) Successful.
(c) Accepted.
(d) As Nature wanted.

5. What did Klossowski state was a "moral being and not a created being"?
(a) Evil.
(b) Sade.
(c) Adam.
(d) Sin.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Sade, man is prey to what two weaknesses?

2. Whom did Klossowski quote about "original sin"?

3. Who taught Florville to live a virtuous life?

4. According to Klossowski, what philosopher opposed the sufferings of the innocent?

5. What did Sade state that "I have never written"?

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