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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Dolmance in this section, how do lovers view their love?
(a) They ignore it.
(b) They mourn it.
(c) They romanticize it.
(d) They are blinded by it.

2. In Frenchmen, Some More Effort if You Wish to Become Republicans, what does the author recommend the opening of?
(a) Public universities.
(b) Satanic chrches.
(c) Public brothels.
(d) Clinics.

3. Who does Sade recommend his young girl readers emulate?
(a) Madame de Mistival.
(b) Himself.
(c) Eugenie.
(d) Madame de Saint-Ange.

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

5. What term does the Marquis de Sade use to refer to his readers in the beginning of his Introduction?
(a) Libertines.
(b) Voluptuaries.
(c) Apostates.
(d) Hedonists.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Dolmance, what naturally follows desire?

2. According to Madame de Saint-Ange in this section, why are no desires uncommon?

3. How does Dolmance physically stimulate Augustin at the beginning of the Fifth Dialogue?

4. What is Eugenie's initial reaction to seeing Dolmance in Madame's boudoir in the Third Dialogue?

5. Which of the following groups is not one that Sade refers to specifically in To the Libertines?

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