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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The 120 Days of Sodom: Part One.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Sade, man is prey to what two weaknesses?
(a) Prayer and love.
(b) Desire and need.
(c) Prayer and desire.
(d) Lust and love.

2. How old is Florville during the action of the story?
(a) 28.
(b) 31.
(c) 26.
(d) 36.

3. What is the name of Duc's daughter whom he gives to Curval to marry?
(a) Mary.
(b) Samantha.
(c) Julie.
(d) Soyna.

4. Who wrote "Journees amusantes"?
(a) De Sevigne.
(b) Gomez.
(c) Poisson.
(d) Lenclos.

5. What did Sade state that "I have never written"?
(a) Immoral books.
(b) Sinful memories.
(c) Aberrations of Nature.
(d) Sins against God.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of Sade's plays was a great success?

2. For the private party that is held every Friday, from where do the women come?

3. What is the age range of the young men who were gathered to be at the "society's" first dinner party"?

4. Who were the first novelists in Europe where "we dwell today"?

5. How many men are gathered to be "guests" at the first supper party of "the society"?

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