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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the Fourth Dialogue, who penetrates Dolmance with a dildo?
(a) Eugenie.
(b) Augustin
(c) Madame de Saint-Ange.
(d) Chevalier.

2. Which of the following is not a human activity prohibited by law that Dolmance does not dismiss as permissible?
(a) Rape.
(b) Sodomy.
(c) Murder.
(d) Theft.

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

4. Who is the first character to begin kissing and caressing Eugenie?
(a) Dolmance.
(b) Madame de Saint-Ange.
(c) Chevalier.
(d) Augustin.

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

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

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

8. Where was Eugenie before she became acquainted with Madame de Saint-Ange?
(a) London.
(b) A convent.
(c) A boardng academy.
(d) The colonies.

9. In this section of the Third Dialogue, what does Eugenie forswear?
(a) Monogamy.
(b) Her family.
(c) Virginity.
(d) Religion.

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

11. In the beginning of the Third Dialogue, what does Madame de Saint-Ange explain to Eugenie?
(a) The nipples.
(b) The vagina.
(c) The anal cavity.
(d) The penis.

12. What color is Eugenie's hair?
(a) Auburn.
(b) Dirty blonde.
(c) Black.
(d) Chestnut.

13. What order does Dolmance give Eugenie regarding their devious plan in the coming days?
(a) Return to the convent.
(b) Add arsenic to the family port.
(c) Seduce a sevant in the house.
(d) Get close to her mother.

14. According to Madame de Saint-Ange in this section, why are no desires uncommon?
(a) They are all permitted in libertinage.
(b) They are all found in nature.
(c) They are all pleasurable.
(d) They are all lawful.

15. When does Madame de Saint-Ange say a women must tell her husband she is taking lovers?
(a) When the husband is a libertine as well.
(b) When the husband is dying.
(c) When the husband is impotent.
(d) When the husband is British.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. According to Dolmance, Christianity is just a newer form of what?

3. What promise do Madame de Saint-Ange and Dolmance make Eugenie at the beginning of this section?

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

5. At the end of this section, Dolmance says that a libertine's ultimate fidelity is to what?

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