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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 chemist did Klossowski quote regarding his fears about Nature?

2. In what month was Sade married?

3. What was the only thing that Sade believed would fulfill his existence?

4. To what Roman goddess does Courval compare Florville?

5. According to Sade, the truly honest man refuses to deal in ____________.

Short Essay Questions

1. What was the description of Sade from March 1793?

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

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

4. According to Beauvoir, what did Sade fear?

5. Why did Villeterque state that Sade held "erroneous opinions"?

6. According to Sade, how did Villeterque use "out of context isolated phrases"?

7. What did Sade believe regarding motion?

8. In what way did Klossowski believe that Sade looked at man as a competitor of Nature?

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

10. What were Sade's beliefs about giving the title of "novel" to a written work?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast the character of Oxtiern in the play "Oxtiern" and in the story "Ernestine." How are the depictions similar? How are they different? Which Oxtiern did you find more offensive? Why?

Essay Topic 2

Do you believe that Sade appropriately defended himself in his response to Villeterque? In what ways did Sade appropriately defend himself? In what ways did he fail to defend himself? Do you believe that Sade wrote the best response that he could to Villeterque? Why/Why not?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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