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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Klossowski, "the substitution of Nature in a state of perpetual motion for God signifies, not the arrival of a happier era for humanity," but ____________________.
(a) The beginning of tragedy.
(b) The reality of sin.
(c) The right to do as one wished.
(d) The acceptance of the refusal to change.

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

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

4. What did Sade call Villeterque during his response to him?
(a) Villeterque-the-sinner.
(b) Villeterque-the-plagiarist.
(c) Villeterque-the-swine.
(d) Villeterque-the-condemner.

5. "Punishments are always ___________________ to the crime."
(a) Proportionate.
(b) Unbalanced.
(c) Misleading.
(d) Indirect.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the end of his review, what did Villeterque say would happen to Rousseau, Voltaire, Marmontel, Fielding, and Richardson?

2. What did Sade believe existed outside of the three kingdoms of species and creatures?

3. What kind of life did Florville live, according to a former colleague of Courval's?

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

5. How many years longer does Sade say that Courval will live?

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