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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. The purpose of Nature is ___________.
(a) Being a forgiver.
(b) Being a creative evolutionist.
(c) Being a destroyer.
(d) Being an accuser.

2. According to the Introduction to "120 Days of Sodom," whose war has drained the state treasury?
(a) Charles II.
(b) Ceasar's.
(c) Francois V.
(d) Louis XIV.

3. 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) Myth.
(b) Lie.
(c) History.
(d) Novel.

4. What did Sade believe Villeterque's insults were "dictated by"?
(a) Jealousy.
(b) Perversion.
(c) Contempt.
(d) Lust.

5. At what age did Duc carry out a plan to rob a public coach and rape all of the occupants?
(a) 23.
(b) 17.
(c) 21.
(d) 19.

Short Answer Questions

1. The "society" collect dues for __________.

2. What is Courval's income, as noted by Sade?

3. What kind of life did Florville live, according to a former colleague of Courval's?

4. To what Roman goddess does Courval compare Florville?

5. How many men are gathered to be "guests" at the first supper party of "the society"?

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