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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. According to Sade, man is prey to what two weaknesses?
2. Who taught Florville to live a virtuous life?
3. According to Klossowski, "the substitution of Nature in a state of perpetual motion for God signifies, not the arrival of a happier era for humanity," but ____________________.
4. How old was Florville when Saint-Agne proposed to her?
5. What chemist did Klossowski quote regarding his fears about Nature?
Short Essay Questions
1. Where did Sade believe that the original and eternal Nature existed?
2. According to Beauvoir, what was Sade like at the age of twenty-three?
3. Why did man write novels?
4. Describe Mademoiselle de Florville.
5. According to Sade, how did Villeterque use "out of context isolated phrases"?
6. Why is Courval considering remarrying?
7. What did Sade say about the effect that "insults directed by jealousy" had on a "man of letters"?
8. What does the "arranger" believe will not please Courval about Florville's conduct?
9. According to Beauvoir, what did Sade fear?
10. What does Courval do to find a new wife?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Many ancient cultures, dating back over 4,000 years, boasted very sexual imagery. Some of the imagery was very perverse in nature. While perverse, the desire for such imagery remained among many of the great cultures. Based upon this, do you believe that Sade's writings had a place in his own culture? Why/Why not? Why do you think that writings, such as Sade's, were desired among the great societies of the world?
Essay Topic 2
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?
Essay Topic 3
Do you believe that Sade's writings were pornographic? Or, did he go beyond pornographic for you (as a reader)? Were there specific actions that you would consider "going a little too far"? Or, do you believe that Sade went just far enough?
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