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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 Klossowski, "the substitution of Nature in a state of perpetual motion for God signifies, not the arrival of a happier era for humanity," but ____________________.
(a) The acceptance of the refusal to change.
(b) The reality of sin.
(c) The right to do as one wished.
(d) The beginning of tragedy.

2. In what year was the Bastille stormed?
(a) 1799.
(b) 1789.
(c) 1796.
(d) 1792.

3. Who had written successful novels, although he "indulged vice and strayed from virtue"?
(a) Voltaire.
(b) Momus.
(c) Chaucer.
(d) Crebillon.

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

5. Who did Beauvoir state embodied Sade's failure?
(a) His own mother.
(b) His wife.
(c) His son.
(d) His mother-in-law.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was the only place that Sade believed he could assert himself?

2. Given that Beauvoir stated that he found no "hint of ambition" in Sade, what did Beauvoir state that he believed about Sade?

3. On what holiday did Sade terrorize Rose Keller?

4. In what cell was Sade kept while at Vincennes prison?

5. Who wrote "Journees amusantes"?

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