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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Madame de Verquin tries to set Florville up with __________.
(a) Courval.
(b) Senneval.
(c) An officer in the Navy.
(d) A slave boy.

2. Villeterque accused Rousseau, Voltaire, Marmontel, Fielding, and Richardson of saying that the way to happiness was _______________.
(a) Sin alone.
(b) Repentance.
(c) Loneliness with another.
(d) Virtue alone.

3. Who were the first novelists in Europe where "we dwell today"?
(a) The Greeks.
(b) The Gauls.
(c) The Romans.
(d) The Italians.

4. How old was Florville when she had a child that died?
(a) 13.
(b) 11.
(c) 16.
(d) 19.

5. What did Klossowski state was the only way Sadean conscience recovers her liberty?
(a) By destroying her own works.
(b) By forging forward at all costs.
(c) By insuring that her works become immortal.
(d) By forgetting who she is completely.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which author did Sade supposedly ignore because of his jealousy regarding the individual's success as a writer?

2. Who did Beauvoir state embodied Sade's failure?

3. Who is the first slave to Nature's laws?

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

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

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