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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Villeterque's Review of Les Crimes de l'Amour and Sade's Reply.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of feeling did Villeterque state that he had while reading Sade's work?
(a) Feeling of indignation.
(b) Feeling of synthesis.
(c) Feeling of calmness.
(d) Feeling of pride.

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

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

4. In what cell was Sade kept while at Vincennes prison?
(a) Three.
(b) Six.
(c) One.
(d) Nine.

5. What did Sade accuse Villeterque of quoting?
(a) Out of context delusions.
(b) Out of context passages of lust.
(c) Out of context isolated phrases.
(d) Out of context passages of dialogue.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who mistreated a poor family and then called for his own punishment by whipping?

3. What did Sade "push to a point" where "it will be invested with the form of a truly transcendental fatalism"?

4. In what novel did Sade say virtue was best rewarded?

5. Given that Beauvoir stated that he found no "hint of ambition" in Sade, what did Beauvoir state that he believed about Sade?

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