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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The 120 Days of Sodom: Parts Two, Three and Four.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the only thing that Sade believed would fulfill his existence?
(a) Adultery.
(b) Drinking.
(c) Flogging.
(d) Eroticism.

2. How many children does Courval have?
(a) Two.
(b) Five.
(c) Seven.
(d) One.

3. What does the "society" have to authenticate in regard to the "young maids" at the fourth dinner party?
(a) Their virginity.
(b) Their bloodlines.
(c) Their abandonment.
(d) Their reproductive ability.

4. The passions are referred to in Part Four as ___________.
(a) Criminal.
(b) Sinister.
(c) Complex.
(d) Murderous.

5. What was Voltaire's purpose in writing?
(a) To create law.
(b) To admonish culture.
(c) To put forth new knowledge.
(d) To insert philosophy in his novels.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old are the "young maids" that attend the fourth dinner party?

2. Who taught Florville to live a virtuous life?

3. At what age did Duc carry out a plan to rob a public coach and rape all of the occupants?

4. What did Sade call Villeterque during his response to him?

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

(see the answer key)

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