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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 did Klossowski state was the only way Sadean conscience recovers her liberty?
(a) By forging forward at all costs.
(b) By forgetting who she is completely.
(c) By insuring that her works become immortal.
(d) By destroying her own works.

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

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

4. Who is the first slave to Nature's laws?
(a) Nature.
(b) God.
(c) Animals.
(d) Man.

5. On what holiday did Sade terrorize Rose Keller?
(a) Easter.
(b) New Year's.
(c) Christmas.
(d) All Hallow's Eve.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The purpose of Nature is ___________.

3. What character did Beauvoir claim had been created as a projection of Sade himself?

4. What did Klossowski state was a "moral being and not a created being"?

5. When does Nature find man "wrong"?

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