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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 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.

2. In March of 1793, how old was Sade?
(a) 53.
(b) 42.
(c) 47.
(d) 65.

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

4. In what month was Sade married?
(a) May.
(b) July.
(c) October.
(d) June.

5. According to Freud, what is "the life instinct"?
(a) Logic.
(b) Eros.
(c) Id.
(d) Pathos.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year was Sade imprisoned for debt?

2. In Klossowski's quoting of "120 Days of Sodom," what will never exist "wherever men are equal and when differences do not exist"?

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

4. Who did Beauvoir state embodied Sade's failure?

5. Who is the first slave to Nature's laws?

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