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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. Oxtiern tells Derbac his one goal in life is ____________.

2. What does the "society" have to authenticate in regard to the "young maids" at the fourth dinner party?

3. What is the name of the narrations that everyone has gathered to listen to on "The First Day"?

4. Who goes to visit Duc on the "First Day"?

5. For the private party that is held every Friday, from where do the women come?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who are the guests at the first dinner party of the "four libertines"?

2. What does Martaine state that she wants to do on the 10th of January?

3. To whom do the 150 Simple Passions belong?

4. What are the stage directions for Act Three?

5. What do the "four libertines" do to strengthen their ties?

6. At the third dinner party, who are the guests?

7. What did the introduction of "Oxtiern" state about the play?

8. Why does Duclos' story get interrupted on the First Day?

9. When Duclos continues her story on the First Day, what questions does Duc have regarding the story?

10. In a short summary, what happens during the action of Duclos' story?

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

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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