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

2. What did Sade believe existed outside of the three kingdoms of species and creatures?
(a) God.
(b) Man.
(c) An original and eternal Nature.
(d) Sin.

3. In Klossowski's quoting of "120 Days of Sodom," what will never exist "wherever men are equal and when differences do not exist"?
(a) Democracy.
(b) Happiness.
(c) Sadness.
(d) Balance.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Whom did Klossowski name as the "original guilty party"?

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

5. According to Klossowski, "what we call crime must contain the key" to ___________.

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