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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Klossowski state was a "moral being and not a created being"?
(a) Evil.
(b) Sin.
(c) Adam.
(d) Sade.

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

3. What does Courval's wife devote herself to after leaving him?
(a) God.
(b) Morality.
(c) Espionage.
(d) Libertinage.

4. What did Sade "push to a point" where "it will be invested with the form of a truly transcendental fatalism"?
(a) Contempt.
(b) Materialistic atheism.
(c) Sadism.
(d) Crime and ounishment.

5. How old was Florville when Saint-Agne proposed to her?
(a) 27.
(b) 34.
(c) 31.
(d) 24.

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

7. "Punishments are always ___________________ to the crime."
(a) Indirect.
(b) Misleading.
(c) Unbalanced.
(d) Proportionate.

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

9. To what Roman goddess does Courval compare Florville?
(a) Hera.
(b) Nyx.
(c) Minerva.
(d) Aphrodite.

10. According to Klossowski, "the substitution of Nature in a state of perpetual motion for God signifies, not the arrival of a happier era for humanity," but ____________________.
(a) The acceptance of the refusal to change.
(b) The beginning of tragedy.
(c) The reality of sin.
(d) The right to do as one wished.

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

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

13. At what "level" did Freud look at life?
(a) Inorganic.
(b) Mineral.
(c) Animal.
(d) Organic.

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

15. According to Freud, what is "the life instinct"?
(a) Eros.
(b) Logic.
(c) Id.
(d) Pathos.

Short Answer Questions

1. Villeterque accused Sade of portraying villains who were _________.

2. What was Voltaire's purpose in writing?

3. How many questions did Villeterque say that Sade had raised in "Reflections on the Novel"?

4. When does Nature find man "wrong"?

5. What kind of opinions does an author hold when they contradict their own views?

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