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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Sade in To the Libertines, what is the only way one can find transcendence?
(a) Abandoning the shackles of family.
(b) Sacrificing oneself to sensual pleasure.
(c) Killing those below oneself.
(d) Making love to de Sade.

2. Which term best describes Eugenie's initial cries during the copulation of this section?
(a) Fearful.
(b) Pained.
(c) Giddy.
(d) Orgasmic.

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

4. What is the value of starvation, according to Dolmance in the Third Dialogue?
(a) It allows him to eat more.
(b) It reduces the population.
(c) It creates manure.
(d) It separates to lazy from the industrious.

5. According to Dolmance, what is the most preferable type of virtue?
(a) Anti-virtue.
(b) False virtue.
(c) Masochistic virtue.
(d) Satanic virtue.

Short Answer Questions

1. How are Madame de Saint-Ange and Chevlaier connected?

2. Which character present or discussed in the First Dialogue is a stand-in for the Marquis de Sade?

3. At the end of the Third Dialogue, what two subjects does Dolmance discuss as being of particular joy to a libertine?

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

5. Which style of copulation is not demonstrated in this section?

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