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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. In the end of the Fifth Dialogue, Chevalier argues that Dolmance would not be so callous if what happened?
(a) He had ever been poor.
(b) He had been raised Catholic.
(c) He read less.
(d) He had vaginal sex.

4. At the beginning of the Fifth Dialogue, how long does Madame de Saint-Ange say she has been trying to break Augustin?
(a) 6 months.
(b) 2 weeks.
(c) 3 years.
(d) 10 days.

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

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

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

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

9. 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) Passion.
(b) Reason.
(c) Hope.
(d) Love.

10. What is the essential value of murder, according to the author of Frenchmen, Some More Effort if You Wish to Become Republicans?
(a) It ensures common respect.
(b) It sends souls to heaven.
(c) It is the instrument of the Revolution.
(d) It is an unnatural act.

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

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

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

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

15. Who does Dolmance call near the end of this section?
(a) Eugenie's Father.
(b) V.
(c) Augustin.
(d) Madame de Mistival.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Dolmance at the beginning of the Fifth Dialogue. what is the best way that woman can serve nature?

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

3. The only useful union between two people, according to Dolmance, is what?

4. When does Dolmance say he experiences the greatest sexual pleasure?

5. According to Dolmance in this section, what is pleasure in its highest point?

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