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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. Who is the first slave to Nature's laws?

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

3. Who were the first novelists in Europe where "we dwell today"?

4. In what cell was Sade kept while at Vincennes prison?

5. "Punishments are always ___________________ to the crime."

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What did the writings of Crebillion speak about?

5. According to Pierre Klossowski, why could God be viewed as "the original guilty party"?

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

7. What did Sade believe regarding motion?

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

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

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

Why do you believe that the "Passions" moved from "complex" to "criminal" to "murderous"? What was the progression? What changed as the "Passions" progressed? Why do you believe the "Passions" changed?

Essay Topic 2

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?

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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