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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) Desire and need.
(b) Prayer and love.
(c) Prayer and desire.
(d) Lust and love.

2. How many questions did Villeterque state he would "bother with"?
(a) Three.
(b) None.
(c) Two.
(d) One.

3. In what month was Sade married?
(a) July.
(b) June.
(c) May.
(d) October.

4. Who ordered a mistress of a brothel to stop giving women to Sade?
(a) An inspector.
(b) Sade's mother-in-law.
(c) Sade's wife.
(d) Sade's mother.

5. How much did Florville receive from her adoptive mother upon her death?
(a) 500 francs a year.
(b) 2,000 francs a year.
(c) 4,000 francs a year.
(d) Nothing.

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. According to the rules, who has to be present whenever two or more children are present?

3. In what cell was Sade kept while at Vincennes prison?

4. What did Geoffrey give to Duclos while in Louis' cell?

5. The auditors are moved to which room to listen to narrations?

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