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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Reflections on the Novel.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. With what people did the novel originate?
(a) The Greeks.
(b) The Egyptions.
(c) The Palestinians.
(d) The Moors.

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

5. "Punishments are always ___________________ to the crime."
(a) Proportionate.
(b) Misleading.
(c) Unbalanced.
(d) Indirect.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Beauvoir, what did Sade come to know at an early age?

2. According to Beauvoir, what did Sade long for?

3. According to "Must We Burn Sade?" what happened to Sade's manuscripts?

4. In what year was the Bastille stormed?

5. Who engineered Sade's escape form Miolans?

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