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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. Courval is told that Florville is related to ______________.

2. Villeterque wonders about the painting of scenes where crime reigns __________.

3. Who mistreated a poor family and then called for his own punishment by whipping?

4. How much did Florville receive from her adoptive mother upon her death?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Through what "relationship" does Sade "compel our attention"?

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

4. What was the progression of the novel throughout history?

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

6. Describe Mademoiselle de Florville.

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Women have fought over Sade's writing. Angela Carter ("The Sadeian Woman: And the Ideology of Pornography" (1979)) believed Sade to be a "moral pornographer." Andrea Dworkin ("Pornography: Men Possessing Women" (1979)) saw Sade as the model of the "woman-hating pornographer." With whom do you agree? Did Sade hate women, or did he create a "special place" for women in the lives of men?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

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?

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