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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At the beginning of the Fourth Dialogue, Chevalier assures Eugenie of his what?
(a) Intelligence.
(b) Prowess.
(c) Discretion.
(d) Tenderness.

2. How large is Chevalier's phallus compared to Dolmance's?
(a) It is much larger.
(b) It is the same size.
(c) Sade does not address this in the text.
(d) It is much smaller.

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

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

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

6. Which style of copulation is not demonstrated in this section?
(a) Cunnilingus.
(b) Fellatio.
(c) Masturbation.
(d) Anal sex.

7. What does Dolmance propose Eugenie learn about at the beginning of the Fourth Dialogue?
(a) Defecation.
(b) Ejaculation.
(c) Contraception.
(d) Menstruation.

8. How many people are involved in the sexual tryst Chevalier first engages in with Dolmance, as related in the First Dialogue?
(a) 5.
(b) 7.
(c) 3.
(d) 8.

9. What is the value of starvation, according to Dolmance in the Third Dialogue?
(a) It allows him to eat more.
(b) It reduces the population.
(c) It separates to lazy from the industrious.
(d) It creates manure.

10. According to Dolmance, for a true libertine, every action yields what?
(a) Usefulness.
(b) Pleasure.
(c) Wealth.
(d) Pain.

11. What is Eugenie's initial reaction to seeing Dolmance in Madame's boudoir in the Third Dialogue?
(a) She is terrified.
(b) She is livid.
(c) She is giddy.
(d) She is nonplussed.

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

13. What does Chevalier declare Eugenie to be in the beginning of the Fourth Dialogue?
(a) A cold fish.
(b) An enchanting girl.
(c) A wanton slut.
(d) A demur prioress.

14. How many of Madame's own children has she killed?
(a) 3.
(b) 0.
(c) 2.
(d) 1.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What new attribute to Eugenie's personality in this section shocks Madame?

3. What color is Eugenie's hair?

4. In the Fourth Dialogue, who penetrates Dolmance with a dildo?

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

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