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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Dolmance like to keep in his house for sexual pleasure?
(a) A young boy.
(b) A servant from India.
(c) A small horse.
(d) Five old women.

3. According to Madame de Sainte-Ange in the First Dialogue, what is Dolmance's preferred sex act?
(a) Sodomy.
(b) Fellatio.
(c) Cunnilingus.
(d) Vaginal intercourse.

4. How does Dolmance characterize the poor at the end of this section?
(a) Free.
(b) Lazy.
(c) Dangerous.
(d) Beautiful.

5. In this section, Dolmance argues that Noah and Adam both took part in what?
(a) Drunkenness.
(b) Exhibitionism.
(c) Incest.
(d) Homosexuality.

6. During Chevalier's Fourth Dialogue demonstration, what does Dolmance charge Eugenie to trample?
(a) Modesty.
(b) Monogamy.
(c) Wantonness.
(d) Virtue.

7. In the beginning of this section, Dolmance recommends Eugenie get what?
(a) A dildo.
(b) A Kama Sutra.
(c) A sex slave.
(d) A female companion.

8. At the end of this section, Dolmance says that a libertine's ultimate fidelity is to what?
(a) Wealth.
(b) The anus.
(c) Nature.
(d) Himself.

9. In Dolmance's opinion, what should a girl use to break her hymen?
(a) A very small penis.
(b) A dildo.
(c) A fist.
(d) The largest penis possible.

10. With whom does Madame de Saint-Ange intend Eugenie to break her hymen?
(a) Chevalier.
(b) Dolmance.
(c) Her father.
(d) Augustin.

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

12. 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.

13. To what iconic literary figure does Chevalier compare himself and his sister in the First Dialogue?
(a) Hamlet.
(b) Don Quixote.
(c) Aneas.
(d) Oedipus Rex.

14. In the Fourth Dialogue, what has Madame de Saint-Ange offered 500 sous for?
(a) A hundred men at once.
(b) A passion she has not known.
(c) A larger penis than the Chevalier's.
(d) A copy of the 100 Days on Sodom.

15. Which body part does Madame de Saint-Ange recommend using to help a man to orgasm in this section?
(a) Armpit.
(b) Stomach.
(c) Hair.
(d) Foot.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Through Dolmance in the Third Dialogue, Sade advocates the destruction of what?

3. Which character masturbates Chevalier first in the Fourth Dialogue?

4. Who does Sade recommend his young girl readers emulate?

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

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