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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Fifth Dialogue, Part Four.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Madame de Saint-Ange in this section, why are no desires uncommon?
(a) They are all lawful.
(b) They are all permitted in libertinage.
(c) They are all pleasurable.
(d) They are all found in nature.

2. What promise do Madame de Saint-Ange and Dolmance make Eugenie at the beginning of this section?
(a) To preserve her virginity until the Cevalier arrives.
(b) To help her plan a murder.
(c) To secure her a private honorarium.
(d) To get her out of her parent's house.

3. According to Madame in the Third Dialogue, what is the psychological effect of semen's operation in conception?
(a) Women yearn to have a penis.
(b) Men must copulate constantly.
(c) Children love their fathers more.
(d) Women desire to drink semen.

4. According to the pamphlet's author, what do totalitarian rulers use God for?
(a) Issuing edicts.
(b) Washing away their sins.
(c) Spiritual guidance.
(d) Gaining money.

5. Why does Dolmance decry marriage in particular?
(a) It forces individuals to forgo pleasure.
(b) It removes two sexual partners from the market.
(c) It is a Church creation.
(d) It involves state intervention.

Short Answer Questions

1. What term does the Marquis de Sade use to refer to his readers in the beginning of his Introduction?

2. Who does Dolmance take into the other room at the end of the Fifth Dialogue?

3. What is the only thing that Madame de Saint-Ange claims to want from her brother?

4. According to Dolmance in this section, why are all kings tyrants?

5. How many of Madame's own children has she killed?

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