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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who, according to Sade, passed novels on to "our courtly storytellers"?
(a) English.
(b) Moors.
(c) Spaniards.
(d) Romans.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When does Nature find man "wrong"?

2. At what "level" did Freud look at life?

3. What does Courval's wife devote herself to after leaving him?

4. Villeterque accused Rousseau, Voltaire, Marmontel, Fielding, and Richardson of saying that the way to happiness was _______________.

5. The purpose of Nature is ___________.

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Klossowski state that Sade believed regarding "Nature in a state of perpetual motion"?

2. Why did Sade state that he did not want to make vice attractive in his writings?

3. What does Courval do to find a new wife?

4. What did Klossowski quote from "The 120 Days of Sodom" regarding happiness?

5. What did Sade say that Voltaire did when he wrote?

6. What was Sade's last wish to be respected?

7. What did Sade say about the effect that "insults directed by jealousy" had on a "man of letters"?

8. What was the contradiction that Villeterque set up regarding glory, virtue, and villainy?

9. What did Sade believe regarding motion?

10. According to Beauvoir, what did Sade fear?

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