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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is the first form of love that Dolmance decries in this section?
(a) Friendship.
(b) Love of self.
(c) Marriage.
(d) Familial love.

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

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

5. What does Madame offer Dolmance in this section, that he refuses?
(a) Her anus.
(b) Her mouth.
(c) Her vagina.
(d) Her hands.

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

7. According to Dolmance in this section, laws are written for whom?
(a) Judges.
(b) Barbarians.
(c) The kingdom of heaven.
(d) The general populace.

8. According to Dolmance in this section, what is nature unconcerned with?
(a) Emotion.
(b) Judging.
(c) Death.
(d) Procreation.

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

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 is the instrument of the Revolution.
(b) It sends souls to heaven.
(c) It ensures common respect.
(d) It is an unnatural act.

11. What do the libertines adjourn to do at the end of The Bedroom Philosophers?
(a) Eat.
(b) Bathe.
(c) Sleep.
(d) Make love.

12. Who briefly protests the abuse of Madame de Mistival in the Final Dialogue?
(a) Augustin.
(b) Chevalier.
(c) Eugenie.
(d) Madame de Saint-Ange.

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

14. Which of the following is not a duty that the author of Frenchmen, Some More Effort if You Wish to Become Republicans discusses?
(a) Duty to God.
(b) Duty to Nation.
(c) Duty to Fellow Man.
(d) Duty to Self.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Dolmance in this section, why are all kings tyrants?

2. What permission does Eugenie's father give the libertines in the Sixth Dialogue?

3. Which of the following acts is not enacted in The Bedroom Philosophers?

4. Which character does Dolmance send to escort Madame de Mistival home at the end of the Final Dialogue?

5. In this section, when does Eugenie state that she notices particular harshness in Dolmance?

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