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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. With what people did the novel originate?
(a) The Egyptions.
(b) The Moors.
(c) The Greeks.
(d) The Palestinians.

2. In what year was Sade imprisoned for debt?
(a) 1769.
(b) 1753.
(c) 1784.
(d) 1771.

3. Where does Courval spend most of his time?
(a) Near Saulcet.
(b) Near Caaux.
(c) Near Laiz.
(d) Near Nemours.

4. According to "Must We Burn Sade?" what happened to Sade's manuscripts?
(a) They were lost.
(b) They were banned.
(c) They were stolen.
(d) They were burned.

5. Given that Beauvoir stated that he found no "hint of ambition" in Sade, what did Beauvoir state that he believed about Sade?
(a) He was a coward.
(b) He was bound for greatness.
(c) He would be burned for his sins.
(d) He was satisfied living a mundane life.

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

7. In what novel did Sade say virtue was best rewarded?
(a) "Juliette et Raunai."
(b) "Le Président Mystifié."
(c) "Les Dangers de la Bienfaisance."
(d) "Le Criminel Par Vertu."

8. According to Sade, the truly honest man refuses to deal in ____________.
(a) Hearsay.
(b) Trust.
(c) Proof.
(d) Fact.

9. Who is the first slave to Nature's laws?
(a) God.
(b) Nature.
(c) Animals.
(d) Man.

10. Villeterque accused Rousseau, Voltaire, Marmontel, Fielding, and Richardson of "painting" ____________.
(a) Crimes.
(b) Violence.
(c) Customs.
(d) Sin.

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

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

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

14. According to Klossowski, what philosopher opposed the sufferings of the innocent?
(a) Nietzsche.
(b) Machiavelli.
(c) Socrates.
(d) Plato.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Sade call Villeterque at the opening of his reply to him?

2. According to Beauvoir, what did Sade come to know at an early age?

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

4. Who, according to Sade, passed novels on to "our courtly storytellers"?

5. How old was Florville when Saint-Agne proposed to her?

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