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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. What did Sade accuse Villeterque of quoting?
(a) Out of context passages of dialogue.
(b) Out of context isolated phrases.
(c) Out of context passages of lust.
(d) Out of context delusions.

2. Madame de Verquin tries to set Florville up with __________.
(a) An officer in the Navy.
(b) A slave boy.
(c) Courval.
(d) Senneval.

3. Who mistreated a poor family and then called for his own punishment by whipping?
(a) Duc.
(b) Almani.
(c) Saint-Ford.
(d) Sade.

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

5. Whom did Klossowski quote about "original sin"?
(a) Locke.
(b) Hobes.
(c) Joseph de Maistre.
(d) Descartes.

Short Answer Questions

1. The "society" collect dues for __________.

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

3. Villeterque accused Sade of portraying villains who were _________.

4. What "matter" does Courval state "concerns me not the least"?

5. According to Klossowski, "the substitution of Nature in a state of perpetual motion for God signifies, not the arrival of a happier era for humanity," but ____________________.

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