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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 Beauvoir, what did Sade come to know at an early age?
(a) Hatred and sadism.
(b) Resentment and violence.
(c) Hatred and violence.
(d) Foulness and violence.

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

3. "Punishments are always ___________________ to the crime."
(a) Unbalanced.
(b) Indirect.
(c) Misleading.
(d) Proportionate.

4. What chemist did Klossowski quote regarding his fears about Nature?
(a) Bacon.
(b) Bernoulli.
(c) Almani.
(d) Farady.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What do biographers fail to present in regard to Sade?

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

3. What was the only thing that Sade believed would fulfill his existence?

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

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

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