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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which character is a virgin at the beginning of The Bedroom Philosophers?
(a) Dolmance.
(b) Chevalier.
(c) Madame de Mistival.
(d) Eugenie.

2. Why is Madame de Mistival's body already bruised?
(a) She was beaten by her husband.
(b) She fell on Madame de Saint-Ange's stairs.
(c) She is a devoted libertine.
(d) She is deeply ill.

3. Who does Dolmance take into the other room at the end of the Fifth Dialogue?
(a) Augustin.
(b) Madame de Saint-Ange.
(c) Eugenie.
(d) Chevalier.

4. In her revelry of the Fifth Dialogue, which is not an act Madame de Saint-Ange brags about?
(a) Sodomy.
(b) Coprophilia.
(c) Blasphemy.
(d) Incest.

5. What is Lapierre infected with?
(a) Chlamydia.
(b) Pubic lice.
(c) Herpes.
(d) Syphillis.

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

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

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

9. In nature, according to Dolmance, what commodity is not as sacred as some believe?
(a) Golds.
(b) Blood.
(c) Tears.
(d) Semen.

10. What laws does the author of the pamphlet think should be instituted to ensure duty to God?
(a) None.
(b) Laws exempting churches from taxation.
(c) Laws only applied to the poor.
(d) Laws comparable to Oliver Cromwell's.

11. In this section, when does Eugenie state that she notices particular harshness in Dolmance?
(a) When he is whipped.
(b) When he orgasms.
(c) When he talks politics.
(d) When he is hungry.

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

13. Why is Augustin initially hesitant to ravish Eugenie in the Fifth Dialogue?
(a) He is homosexual.
(b) She looks disdainfully on him.
(c) He is drunk.
(d) She is high born.

14. The only useful union between two people, according to Dolmance, is what?
(a) Familial.
(b) Monetary.
(c) Postmortem.
(d) Coital.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Augustin's first request regarding Eugenie in the Fifth Dialogue?

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

3. In his outburst in the end of Fifth Dialogue, Chevalier argues that the poor are what?

4. What is the first form of love that Dolmance decries in this section?

5. What does Dolmance use to revive Madame de Mival after she passes out?

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