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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Sade call Villeterque at the opening of his reply to him?
(a) Criminal.
(b) Hack writer.
(c) Dismissed.
(d) Sinner.

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

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

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

5. What kind of life did Florville live, according to a former colleague of Courval's?
(a) An charmed life.
(b) A sad life.
(c) A libertine life.
(d) A secluded life.

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

7. According to Klossowski, "what we call crime must contain the key" to ___________.
(a) Sin.
(b) Knowledge.
(c) Hope.
(d) Societal aversions.

8. What chemist did Klossowski quote regarding his fears about Nature?
(a) Bernoulli.
(b) Bacon.
(c) Almani.
(d) Farady.

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

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

11. What did Sade accuse Villeterque of quoting?
(a) Out of context passages of dialogue.
(b) Out of context passages of lust.
(c) Out of context isolated phrases.
(d) Out of context delusions.

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

13. In Klossowski's quoting of "120 Days of Sodom," what will never exist "wherever men are equal and when differences do not exist"?
(a) Happiness.
(b) Balance.
(c) Sadness.
(d) Democracy.

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

15. At the end of his review, what did Villeterque say would happen to Rousseau, Voltaire, Marmontel, Fielding, and Richardson?
(a) They would "be exhaulted."
(b) They would "be found guilty of their crimes."
(c) They would be "read no more."
(d) They would "be revered."

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was the only place that Sade believed he could assert himself?

2. Who wrote "Journees amusantes"?

3. Who is the first slave to Nature's laws?

4. Who did Beauvoir state embodied Sade's failure?

5. In what year did Sade publish "Les Crimes de l'Amour"?

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