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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What letter does Chevalier use to denote the friend who introduced her to Dolmance?
(a) A.
(b) X.
(c) S.
(d) V.

2. According to Dolmance, what is the most pleasurable sexual act?
(a) Masturbation.
(b) Vaginal intercourse.
(c) Fellatio.
(d) Sodomy.

3. In this section of the Third Dialogue, Madame explains to Eugenie the importance of being what?
(a) A single woman.
(b) A whore.
(c) A lady.
(d) A supplicant.

4. Which of the following groups is not one that Sade refers to specifically in To the Libertines?
(a) Girls.
(b) Women.
(c) Clergy.
(d) Profligates.

5. How many days is Eugenie intending to stay with Madame de Saint-Ange?
(a) 1.
(b) 2.
(c) 7.
(d) 4.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Dolmance's religious inclination?

2. How many people are involved in the sexual tryst Chevalier first engages in with Dolmance, as related in the First Dialogue?

3. In To the Libertines, what does Sade promise to all of those who follow his precepts?

4. According to Dolmance, Christianity is just a newer form of what?

5. According to Sade in To the Libertines, what is the only way one can find transcendence?

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