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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 state that "I have never written"?
(a) Aberrations of Nature.
(b) Sins against God.
(c) Immoral books.
(d) Sinful memories.

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

3. In Klossowski's quoting of "120 Days of Sodom," what will never exist "wherever men are equal and when differences do not exist"?
(a) Balance.
(b) Sadness.
(c) Democracy.
(d) Happiness.

4. What book did Sade say that Villeterque had not read, based upon his "stupid account"?
(a) "Retaliation."
(b) "L'Instituteur Philosophe."
(c) "Le Cocu de Lui-même."
(d) "Les Crimes de L'Amour."

5. How old is Florville during the action of the story?
(a) 31.
(b) 36.
(c) 28.
(d) 26.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Sade accuse Villeterque of quoting?

2. According to Sade, the Romans had the weaknesses of ________________.

3. What do the "young lads," who are 12-14 years of age, wear to the first dinner parties of the "society"?

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

5. Madame de Verquin tries to set Florville up with __________.

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