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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Augustin's penis compare to the others in the boudoir?
(a) It is the largest.
(b) It is the same size as Dolmance's.
(c) It is larger than Dolmance's, but not Chevalier's.
(d) It is the smallest.

2. What is the first subheading of Frenchmen, Some More Effort if You Wish to Become Republicans?
(a) Religion.
(b) Morals.
(c) Democracy.
(d) Royalty.

3. What is Augustin's first request regarding Eugenie in the Fifth Dialogue?
(a) He wants her to put on clothes.
(b) He wants to kiss her.
(c) He wants to see her vagina.
(d) He wants her to teach him how to read?

4. What does Dolmance do to Madame de Mistival as he lectures her in the Final Dialogue?
(a) He binds her hands and feet.
(b) He forces her to perform fellatio on Augustin.
(c) He sodomizes her.
(d) He whips her.

5. According to Dolmance in this section, why are all kings tyrants?
(a) They were designated by God.
(b) They do not acknowledge weakness.
(c) They are inbred.
(d) They fear they will lose their place in society.

6. In Frenchmen, Some More Effort if You Wish to Become Republicans, what does the author recommend the opening of?
(a) Public universities.
(b) Public brothels.
(c) Clinics.
(d) Satanic chrches.

7. In their argument regarding empathy and weakness, who are Dolmance and Chevalier trying to convince?
(a) Each other.
(b) Madame de Saint-Ange.
(c) Eugenie.
(d) Augustin.

8. Why does Dolmance decry marriage in particular?
(a) It is a Church creation.
(b) It removes two sexual partners from the market.
(c) It forces individuals to forgo pleasure.
(d) It involves state intervention.

9. Which libertine is not in the boudoir at the beginning of the Sixth Dialogue?
(a) Madame de Saint-Ange.
(b) Chevalier.
(c) Eugenie.
(d) Dolmance.

10. What does Dolmance use to revive Madame de Mival after she passes out?
(a) His penis.
(b) A whip.
(c) Smelling salts.
(d) Thorns.

11. According to the pamphleteer, what do Revolutionaries risk if they return to the Christian God?
(a) The end of a pluralist society.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Loss of rights.
(d) A rejection of Christianity.

12. Which of the following does the pamphleteer not defend as egalitarian expression?
(a) Sodomy.
(b) Incest.
(c) Rape.
(d) Blasphemy.

13. What does slander ensure, according to the pamphleteer?
(a) Individual rectitude.
(b) Business savvy.
(c) Group credulity.
(d) Thoroughness in the press.

14. According to Dolmance in this section, what do sodomites pride themselves on?
(a) Insatiability.
(b) Discretion.
(c) Creativity.
(d) Frankness.

15. What does Eugenie demand at the end of this section?
(a) She wants to taste semen.
(b) She wants to see Dolmance's anus.
(c) She want a crepe.
(d) She wants to be sodomized.

Short Answer Questions

1. In this section, when does Eugenie state that she notices particular harshness in Dolmance?

2. What act does Madame de Saint-Ange commit in this section that inflames Dolmance?

3. Which character does not have vaginal intercourse in The Bedroom Philosophers?

4. What is the sole value of sexuality, according to Dolmance in this section?

5. At the beginning of the Fifth Dialogue, to what does Dolmance compare Augustin's phallus?

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