View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Dolmance at the beginning of the Fifth Dialogue. what is the best way that woman can serve nature?
(a) Foregoing food.
(b) Murdering peasants.
(c) Renouncing religion.
(d) Prostituting herself.

2. How does Dolmance believe his contemporaries would describe him?
(a) Hypocritical.
(b) Lascivious.
(c) Decent.
(d) Domineering.

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

4. According to Dolmance, what naturally follows desire?
(a) Disease.
(b) Madness.
(c) Boredom.
(d) Disappointment.

5. According to Dolmance in this section, what is pleasure in its highest point?
(a) Rage.
(b) Death.
(c) Orgasm.
(d) Sleep.

6. In this section, what does Dolmance claim the heart does?
(a) Deceives.
(b) Produces life.
(c) Speaks truth.
(d) Nothing.

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

8. What is the only reason to love one's parents, according to Dolmance?
(a) If they are dying.
(b) If they are sexually satisfying.
(c) If they treat one well.
(d) If they have money.

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

10. In this section, Eugenie marvels that laws exist that do what?
(a) Enforce marriage contracts.
(b) Constrain pleasure.
(c) Outlaw sodomy.
(d) Enslave people,

11. What does theft ensure, according to the pamphleteer?
(a) Lack of materialism.
(b) Even division of wealth.
(c) Bank security.
(d) Nothing.

12. What is the second section of Frenchmen, Some More Effort if You Wish to Become Republicans?
(a) Religion.
(b) Democracy.
(c) Morals.
(d) Desire.

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

14. Which of the following acts is not enacted in The Bedroom Philosophers?
(a) Bestiality.
(b) Incest.
(c) Flatulence fetishism.
(d) Sodomy.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why did Eugenie's father send her to the libertines?

3. At the end of this section, Dolmance produces what object?

4. What does Eugenie cease to believe in after being sodomized?

5. How does Eugenie respond to Madame de Mistival's arrival at the beginning of the Final Dialogue?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 418 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample