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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the "unique pleasure" of Father Etienne?
(a) Educating little boys.
(b) Educating other Fathers.
(c) Educating himself.
(d) Educating little girls.

2. How many guards were escorting the carriage of the young ladies?
(a) More than 30.
(b) More than 50.
(c) More than 40.
(d) More than 20.

3. How much money does Madame Scholtz accuse Herman of stealing?
(a) 100,000 ducats.
(b) 250,000 ducats.
(c) 10,000 ducats.
(d) 50,000 ducats.

4. Who goes to visit Duc on the "First Day"?
(a) Adonis.
(b) Zephyr.
(c) Narcisse.
(d) Zelamir.

5. With whom does Fabrice wish the Count to lodge?
(a) The Devil.
(b) Casmir.
(c) Him.
(d) Charles.

6. Fabrice asks Oxtiern to have a "trifle" bit more ______________.
(a) Candor.
(b) Lust.
(c) Gratitude.
(d) Desire.

7. Whom is "given" to the company on the 6th night of Part Three?
(a) Duclos.
(b) Zelamir.
(c) Michette.
(d) Heme.

8. Which person is interrupted during their narration and told by the President not to omit any details?
(a) Hercule.
(b) Duclos.
(c) Zelamir.
(d) Hebe.

9. On what day is the "First Day"?
(a) November 1.
(b) December 1.
(c) May 1.
(d) January 1.

10. What do the "young lads," who are 12-14 years of age, wear to the first dinner parties of the "society"?
(a) Nothing.
(b) Chains.
(c) Bondage attire.
(d) Feminine attire.

11. According to Champville, on the 16th of December, with whom is Duc always pictured?
(a) All men.
(b) One man and one woman.
(c) Three men and three women.
(d) All women.

12. What does Madame Scholtz do when Herman refuses her advances?
(a) She kills herself.
(b) She swears she will have him killed.
(c) She swears to kill the Colonel.
(d) She tells him to get out of her house.

13. Who gets married during the sixth week's festival in December?
(a) Celadon and Sophie.
(b) Stal and Aphrodite.
(c) Dimitri and Sophia.
(d) Martin and Blathe.

14. Amelie says that she is going to beg _____________to protect Ernestine.
(a) The Court.
(b) Casmir.
(c) Fabrice.
(d) Oxtiern.

15. According to the Introduction to "120 Days of Sodom," whose war has drained the state treasury?
(a) Ceasar's.
(b) Louis XIV.
(c) Francois V.
(d) Charles II.

Short Answer Questions

1. What item is a girl thrown into in Tale 49 of Part Three?

2. On the evening of the 9th of December, what is Michette allowed to wear?

3. What does Oxtiern say that he and Herman need to do before they duel?

4. When Ernestine sees Herman for the first time after he is accused of theft, where is he?

5. According to Duc during the first day, ______________ are "they who absolutely cannot bear the instant when the illusion is shattered."

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