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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What language was a mixture of Celtic and Latin?

2. What "matter" does Courval state "concerns me not the least"?

3. What did Sade "push to a point" where "it will be invested with the form of a truly transcendental fatalism"?

4. Who ordered a mistress of a brothel to stop giving women to Sade?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did man write novels?

2. What do Sade's admirers admit about Sade's work?

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

4. Describe Mademoiselle de Florville.

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

6. What did the writings of Crebillion speak about?

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

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

9. What did Sade state about Vileterque's response to "Les Crimes de l'Amour"?

10. According to Beauvoir, what did Sade fear?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Based upon the historical acceptance of sexual deviancy, do you believe that the actions of the men in "120 Days of Sodom" were criminal? Why/Why not? (Note: Research the historical acceptance of the sexual actions described in the text before you begin your essay.) When were specific acts considered criminal? Which actions were always considered criminal? Which actions were allowed in certain times in history? Were some actions not necessarily allowed, but looked upon as acceptable as long as no one knew of them?

Essay Topic 2

Write a critical analysis on Sade's texts. Focus on the material that both critics (included in the text) focused upon. Do you agree with their thoughts? Why? Do you disagree with their thoughts? Why?

Essay Topic 3

Given that all of the characters in "120 Days of Sodom" were at least 45 years of age, do you believe their "crimes" to be more horrendous than if they were younger men? Sade was 45 years old when "The 120 Days of Sodom" was published. Do you believe that Sade gave them all ages close to his own because the text paralleled his own life? Do you think that you would feel differently about the actions in the text if the men were younger and more "prone" to sexually deviant behaviors?

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