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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Florville and Courval.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To what Roman goddess does Courval compare Florville?
(a) Minerva.
(b) Nyx.
(c) Aphrodite.
(d) Hera.

2. Villeterque accused Rousseau, Voltaire, Marmontel, Fielding, and Richardson of "painting" ____________.
(a) Crimes.
(b) Customs.
(c) Sin.
(d) Violence.

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

4. Which author did Sade supposedly ignore because of his jealousy regarding the individual's success as a writer?
(a) Wilde.
(b) Laclos.
(c) Thackeray .
(d) Turgenev.

5. The purpose of Nature is ___________.
(a) Being an accuser.
(b) Being a forgiver.
(c) Being a creative evolutionist.
(d) Being a destroyer.

Short Answer Questions

1. What name is given to "any work of imagination fashioned from the most uncommon adventures which men experience in the course of their lives"?

2. What did Klossowski state was the only way Sadean conscience recovers her liberty?

3. According to Sade, the truly honest man refuses to deal in ____________.

4. At the opening of "Florville and Courval," how old is Courval?

5. What did Sade accuse Villeterque of quoting?

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