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

2. Why did Beauvoir state that Sade "mistrusted everything and everybody"?
(a) Sade's bad relationship with his mother.
(b) Sade was a criminal.
(c) Sade was bipolar.
(d) Sade was maladjusted.

3. How many questions did Villeterque say that Sade had raised in "Reflections on the Novel"?
(a) Four.
(b) Six.
(c) Three.
(d) Two.

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

5. What language was a mixture of Celtic and Latin?
(a) Portuguese language.
(b) Romance language.
(c) Germanic language.
(d) Gothic language.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wrote "Journees amusantes"?

2. During the storming of the Bastille, how many volumes of Sade's library were looted?

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

4. Villeterque accused Rousseau, Voltaire, Marmontel, Fielding, and Richardson of saying that the way to happiness was _______________.

5. Who, according to Sade, passed novels on to "our courtly storytellers"?

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