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

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

4. What do biographers fail to present in regard to Sade?
(a) An objective view on his work.
(b) An authentic portrait of him.
(c) A record of his crimes.
(d) A history of his life in Bastille.

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

6. Which author did Sade supposedly ignore because of his jealousy regarding the individual's success as a writer?
(a) Laclos.
(b) Thackeray .
(c) Turgenev.
(d) Wilde.

7. What did Sade believe Villeterque's insults were "dictated by"?
(a) Lust.
(b) Contempt.
(c) Perversion.
(d) Jealousy.

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

9. Who engineered Sade's escape form Miolans?
(a) His wife.
(b) His mistress.
(c) His mother.
(d) His best friend.

10. How many years longer does Sade say that Courval will live?
(a) 20.
(b) 100.
(c) 10.
(d) 2.

11. On what holiday did Sade terrorize Rose Keller?
(a) All Hallow's Eve.
(b) Christmas.
(c) New Year's.
(d) Easter.

12. What kind of feeling did Villeterque state that he had while reading Sade's work?
(a) Feeling of synthesis.
(b) Feeling of pride.
(c) Feeling of calmness.
(d) Feeling of indignation.

13. What was the first thing that Sade did when society "quickly seized upon Sade's secret and classified it as a crime"?
(a) All of the given answers.
(b) Prayer.
(c) Humility.
(d) Shame.

14. According to Beauvoir, what did Sade long for?
(a) The ability to do what he wished without punishment.
(b) A strong soul.
(c) A real life.
(d) The ability to be regarded as a famous writer.

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