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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Oxtiern, or The Misfortunes of Libertinage.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Beauvoir, what did Sade long for?
(a) The ability to be regarded as a famous writer.
(b) A real life.
(c) A strong soul.
(d) The ability to do what he wished without punishment.

2. What was the only thing that Sade believed would fulfill his existence?
(a) Adultery.
(b) Eroticism.
(c) Flogging.
(d) Drinking.

3. What writer loathed Sade and referred to him as "monster author"?
(a) Spenser.
(b) Milton.
(c) Restif.
(d) Cleland.

4. What does Florville want to tell Courval before they marry?
(a) The story about her finding God.
(b) The story of her parents.
(c) The adventures of her life.
(d) The story behind her affair.

5. What does Ernestine say "would really suit" her?
(a) Solitude.
(b) A bottle of wine.
(c) A servant to help her unpack.
(d) A large meal.

Short Answer Questions

1. What name is given to "any work of imagination fashioned from the most uncommon adventures which men experience in the course of their lives"?

2. Where did Florville go to give birth?

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

4. According to Sade, who needed to be classified as poets and not novelists?

5. In what year was the Bastille stormed?

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