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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 character did Beauvoir claim had been created as a projection of Sade himself?
(a) Hebe.
(b) Blangis.
(c) Curval.
(d) Duc.

2. Where was the only place that Sade believed he could assert himself?
(a) His bed.
(b) A brothel.
(c) His home.
(d) In prison.

3. When does Nature find man "wrong"?
(a) When he multiplies.
(b) When he sins against Nature.
(c) When he sins against God.
(d) When he sins against mankind.

4. Who engineered Sade's escape form Miolans?
(a) His mother.
(b) His mistress.
(c) His wife.
(d) His best friend.

5. According to Klossowski, what philosopher opposed the sufferings of the innocent?
(a) Machiavelli.
(b) Plato.
(c) Socrates.
(d) Nietzsche.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the first thing that Sade did when society "quickly seized upon Sade's secret and classified it as a crime"?

2. How many things did Sade challenge Villeterque to do?

3. In what year was the Bastille stormed?

4. What did Sade believe Villeterque's insults were "dictated by"?

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

(see the answer key)

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