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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. What did Sade call Villeterque during his response to him?
(a) Villeterque-the-plagiarist.
(b) Villeterque-the-condemner.
(c) Villeterque-the-swine.
(d) Villeterque-the-sinner.

2. In Part Two, on what evening is Duc flogged while copulating with Zelmire's maid?
(a) 21st.
(b) 18th.
(c) 16th.
(d) 20th.

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

4. What did Sade call Villeterque at the opening of his reply to him?
(a) Sinner.
(b) Hack writer.
(c) Dismissed.
(d) Criminal.

5. What item is a girl thrown into in Tale 49 of Part Three?
(a) A closet.
(b) A coffin.
(c) A dungeon.
(d) A barn.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what Roman goddess does Courval compare Florville?

2. Where did Florville go to give birth?

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

4. Who, according to Sade, passed novels on to "our courtly storytellers"?

5. Which author did Sade supposedly ignore because of his jealousy regarding the individual's success as a writer?

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