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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, the truly honest man refuses to deal in ____________.

2. Who taught Florville to live a virtuous life?

3. Where does Courval spend most of his time?

4. How old was Florville when Saint-Agne proposed to her?

5. The purpose of Nature is ___________.

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What two things does the "arranger" believe Florville has that count against her?

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

5. Where did Sade believe that the original and eternal Nature existed?

6. What does Florville require of Courval before she will agree to marry him?

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

8. What did the writings of Crebillion speak about?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

This essay needs to be written in definitive sections. Answer the following questions in the succession asked.

1) What is the difference between sadism and masochism?

2) Do you believe one to be more deviant than the other?

3) In your opinion, was Sade a sadist or masochist?

4) Do you believe that his infatuation with either sadism or masochism fueled his writings? If not, what do you believe fueled it?

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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