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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 the end of the Fifth Dialogue, Chevalier argues that Dolmance would not be so callous if what happened?
(a) He had ever been poor.
(b) He had vaginal sex.
(c) He had been raised Catholic.
(d) He read less.

2. Who has read the pamphlet thus far in the Fifth Dialogue?
(a) Chevalier.
(b) Dolmance.
(c) Madame de Saint-Ange.
(d) Euguenie

3. Near the end of the Third Dialogue, Madame de Saint-Ange says that, along with abortion, what is permissible regarding unwanted children?
(a) Abandonment.
(b) Infanticide.
(c) Contraception.
(d) Forced miscarriages.

4. According to Dolmance, what attribute offers the best chance of success in life?
(a) Ruthlessness.
(b) Tenderness.
(c) Deceit.
(d) Industriousness.

5. What does theft ensure, according to the pamphleteer?
(a) Even division of wealth.
(b) Bank security.
(c) Lack of materialism.
(d) Nothing.

Short Answer Questions

1. What role models does Dolmance detest vocally regarding his virtue-vice argument?

2. Why does the author disapprove of the death penalty?

3. Which of the following is not a way Romans and Greeks honored their gods, according to the pamphleteer?

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

5. According to Dolmance, what is the most preferable type of virtue?

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