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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Sixth Dialogue, Seventh and Final Dialogue.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In this section, Dolmance argues that no one owes fidelity to what?
(a) Their parents.
(b) Their nation.
(c) God.
(d) Their spouse.

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

3. In the Fourth Dialogue, Eugenie says her new god is what?
(a) Dolmance.
(b) Satan.
(c) Nothingness.
(d) Lust.

4. In this section of the Fifth Dialogue, what specifically does Dolmance say is a false construct?
(a) Disease.
(b) Pleasure.
(c) Vice.
(d) Love.

5. Who does Eugenie admit she wants to kill at the beginning of this section?
(a) Her mother.
(b) Her brother.
(c) Her father.
(d) Her headmistress.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. According to Dolmance, what separates the understanding of virtue and vice?

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

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

5. At the beginning of the Fourth Dialogue, Chevalier assures Eugenie of his what?

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