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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 do biographers fail to present in regard to Sade?

2. Given that Beauvoir stated that he found no "hint of ambition" in Sade, what did Beauvoir state that he believed about Sade?

3. According to Klossowski, what philosopher opposed the sufferings of the innocent?

4. According to Klossowski, "what we call crime must contain the key" to ___________.

5. In March of 1793, how old was Sade?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did man write novels?

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

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

4. What did Sade believe regarding motion?

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

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

7. According to Beauvoir, what did Sade fear?

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

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

10. According to Beauvoir, what was Sade like at the age of twenty-three?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How did you find yourself reacting to the text as you read it? What were your concerns? Did you believe that you were prepared to read the text and find that you were, in fact, not? Or, did you find that you were more than prepared for the material presented in the text because of the more lax societal views on sexual "deviancy" today?

Essay Topic 2

How do you believe Sade would be looked upon as a writer today versus the way that he was regarded in the late 1700's? Are there certain aspects of his writing that would been seen as completely acceptable today, but were not accepted at all during the late 1700's? Is there material in Sade's writing that still would be considered "criminal" today?

Essay Topic 3

Do you agree with Villeterque's point of view on Sade's writings? Why/Why not? With what part of his statements do you agree? Why? With what part of his statements do you disagree? Why?

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