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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In this section of the Fifth Dialogue, what specifically does Dolmance say is a false construct?
(a) Vice.
(b) Love.
(c) Pleasure.
(d) Disease.

2. According to the author of the pamphlet, what is the main requirement of the Christian God?
(a) Obedience.
(b) Fear.
(c) Charity.
(d) Faith.

3. What class of animal will not copulate unless he thinks he is alone?
(a) Mollusk.
(b) Primate.
(c) Marsupial.
(d) Dromedary.

4. Who does Dolmance order to strip Madame de Mistival in the Final Dialogue?
(a) Augustin.
(b) Madame de Saint-Ange.
(c) Eugenie.
(d) Chevalier.

5. In this section, Dolmance says that every man is a despot when?
(a) When he is being served.
(b) When he has an erection.
(c) When he is naked.
(d) When the Revolution is complete.

6. What does Dolmance equate goodness with in this section?
(a) Nothingness.
(b) Quaintness.
(c) Dominance.
(d) Frailty.

7. At the end of this section, Dolmance produces what object?
(a) A pamphlet.
(b) A whip.
(c) A dildo.
(d) A cask of wine.

8. According to Madame de Saint-Ange, what are the only crimes a braggart does not confess to?
(a) Incest and Rape.
(b) Torture and Adultery.
(c) Buggery and Envy.
(d) Theft and Murder.

9. 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.

10. Which two libertines penetrate Madame de Saint-Ange in this section?
(a) Dolmance and Augustin.
(b) Dolmance and Eugenie.
(c) Eugenie and Chevalier.
(d) Chevalier and Augustin.

11. In this section, what does Chevalier claim is still pure in him?
(a) His eyesight.
(b) His heart.
(c) His semen.
(d) His mind.

12. In his outburst in the end of Fifth Dialogue, Chevalier argues that the poor are what?
(a) Degenerates.
(b) Human beings.
(c) Animals.
(d) Saints.

13. What permission does Eugenie's father give the libertines in the Sixth Dialogue?
(a) To kill Eugenie.
(b) To keep Eugenie forever.
(c) To send Eugenie home with Madame de Mistival.
(d) To punish Madame de Mistival.

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

15. Why does the author disapprove of the death penalty?
(a) It is immoral.
(b) It is cumbersome.
(c) It is redundant.
(d) It is too painless.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Dolmance take into the other room at the end of the Fifth Dialogue?

2. Which libertine is not in the boudoir at the beginning of the Sixth Dialogue?

3. What is the only thing that Madame de Saint-Ange claims to want from her brother?

4. According to Dolmance in this section, laws are written for whom?

5. In Frenchmen, Some More Effort if You Wish to Become Republicans, what does the author recommend the opening of?

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