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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Nature as Destructive Principle.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. According to "Must We Burn Sade?" what happened to Sade's manuscripts?
(a) They were banned.
(b) They were lost.
(c) They were stolen.
(d) They were burned.

3. According to Klossowski, what philosopher opposed the sufferings of the innocent?
(a) Plato.
(b) Socrates.
(c) Machiavelli.
(d) Nietzsche.

4. Who engineered Sade's escape form Miolans?
(a) His best friend.
(b) His mistress.
(c) His mother.
(d) His wife.

5. What do biographers fail to present in regard to Sade?
(a) A record of his crimes.
(b) An authentic portrait of him.
(c) A history of his life in Bastille.
(d) An objective view on his work.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Freud, what is "the life instinct"?

2. The purpose of Nature is ___________.

3. What did Sade believe existed outside of the three kingdoms of species and creatures?

4. At what "level" did Freud look at life?

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

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