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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In this section, Dolmance says he'll respect friendship if what?
(a) It is sexual.
(b) It is noncommittal.
(c) It is brief.
(d) It is useful.

2. What does Dolmance claim that Chevalier lacks at the end of the Fifth Dialogue?
(a) Experience.
(b) Empathy.
(c) Virility.
(d) Intellect.

3. According to Dolmance in this section, a thing cannot be criminal if it has what?
(a) Prosperity.
(b) Pleasure.
(c) Purpose.
(d) Passion.

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

5. At the end of Frenchmen, Some More Effort if You Wish to Become Republicans, the author calls on France to become a beacon of what?
(a) Hope.
(b) Reason.
(c) Love.
(d) Passion.

6. Which of the following is not a way Romans and Greeks honored their gods, according to the pamphleteer?
(a) Actos of valor.
(b) Deviousness.
(c) Celibacy.
(d) Copulation.

7. What is the only thing that Madame de Saint-Ange claims to want from her brother?
(a) His affection.
(b) His semen.
(c) His arms.
(d) Ideas.

8. What arrives in the boudoir at the beginning of the Sixth Dialogue?
(a) A collection of ancient dildos.
(b) News of Danton's execution.
(c) A repast for supper.
(d) A missive from Eugenie's father.

9. Who assists Dolmance in stitching up Madame de Mistival's vagina and anal sphincter in the Final Dialogue?
(a) Chevalier.
(b) Lapierre.
(c) Euguenie.
(d) Augustin.

10. How does Eugenie respond to Madame de Mistival's arrival at the beginning of the Final Dialogue?
(a) She weeps in repentance.
(b) She hides.
(c) She curses her.
(d) She laughs maniacally.

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

12. Dolmance believes all laws are a crime against whom?
(a) The individual.
(b) The aristocracy.
(c) Eros.
(d) God.

13. According to the pamphlet's author, what do totalitarian rulers use God for?
(a) Gaining money.
(b) Spiritual guidance.
(c) Issuing edicts.
(d) Washing away their sins.

14. What does the author of Frenchmen, Some More Effort if You Wish to Become Republicans suggest the state religion be based upon?
(a) The Kama Sutra.
(b) The Torah.
(c) De Sade's writings.
(d) The Olympian gods.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In her revelry of the Fifth Dialogue, which is not an act Madame de Saint-Ange brags about?

2. What do the libertines adjourn to do at the end of The Bedroom Philosophers?

3. Who does Dolmance order to stoke him in this section of the Fifth Dialogue?

4. In this section, what does Chevalier claim is still pure in him?

5. According to Dolmance in this section, how do lovers view their love?

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