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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. According to Sade, the Romans had the weaknesses of ________________.
(a) Hate and power.
(b) Prayer and love.
(c) Lust and love.
(d) Spite and malice.

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

3. What did Sade "push to a point" where "it will be invested with the form of a truly transcendental fatalism"?
(a) Sadism.
(b) Crime and ounishment.
(c) Contempt.
(d) Materialistic atheism.

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

5. According to the book's introduction, how many times has Duc de Blangis been married?
(a) Seven.
(b) Two.
(c) Three.
(d) Five.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Courval's wife devote herself to after leaving him?

2. How many things did Sade challenge Villeterque to do?

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

4. At the end of his review, what did Villeterque say would happen to Rousseau, Voltaire, Marmontel, Fielding, and Richardson?

5. According to the Introduction to "120 Days of Sodom," whose war has drained the state treasury?

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