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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. 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 reality of sin.
(b) The acceptance of the refusal to change.
(c) The right to do as one wished.
(d) The beginning of tragedy.

2. What did Sade "push to a point" where "it will be invested with the form of a truly transcendental fatalism"?
(a) Materialistic atheism.
(b) Contempt.
(c) Sadism.
(d) Crime and ounishment.

3. At what "level" did Freud look at life?
(a) Mineral.
(b) Organic.
(c) Animal.
(d) Inorganic.

4. The purpose of Nature is ___________.
(a) Being a destroyer.
(b) Being a forgiver.
(c) Being an accuser.
(d) Being a creative evolutionist.

5. Which of Sade's plays was a great success?
(a) "Les Antiquaires."
(b) "Oxtiern."
(c) "Le Prevaricateur ou le Magistrat du temps passe."
(d) "Les Fetes de l'amitie."

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year was Sade imprisoned for debt?

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

3. Whom did Klossowski quote about "original sin"?

4. In March of 1793, how old was Sade?

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

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