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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Dolmance like to keep in his house for sexual pleasure?
(a) A servant from India.
(b) A young boy.
(c) A small horse.
(d) Five old women.

2. How many of Madame's own children has she killed?
(a) 3.
(b) 1.
(c) 0.
(d) 2.

3. According to Madame de Sainte-Ange in the First Dialogue, what is Dolmance's preferred sex act?
(a) Fellatio.
(b) Vaginal intercourse.
(c) Sodomy.
(d) Cunnilingus.

4. Which body part does Madame de Saint-Ange recommend using to help a man to orgasm in this section?
(a) Foot.
(b) Stomach.
(c) Armpit.
(d) Hair.

5. Which of the following groups is not one that Sade refers to specifically in To the Libertines?
(a) Profligates.
(b) Girls.
(c) Women.
(d) Clergy.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Dolmance in the Fourth Dialogue, mankind was created to be what?

2. How many days is Eugenie intending to stay with Madame de Saint-Ange?

3. Who knocks at the boudoir door at the end of the Third Dialogue?

4. Who does Chevalier penetrate immediately after ejaculating in the Fourth Dialogue?

5. In the beginning of the Third Dialogue, what does Madame de Saint-Ange explain to Eugenie?

Short Essay Questions

1. What specific instructions does Sade give his readers about emulating characters in To the Libertines?

2. How does Chevalier frame Dolamnce's entrance in the First Dialogue?

3. How does the Chevalier reassure Eugenie at the beginning of the Fourth Dialogue?

4. What is the relationship between Madame de Saint-Ange and the Chevalier?

5. What is the value of blasphemy to the libertine?

6. How is Madame de Saint-Ange acquainted with Eugenie?

7. Describe Madame de Saint-Ange's husband.

8. Describe Dolmance's defense of incest.

9. Why is sodomy, according to Dolmance, the height of libertine pleasure?

10. How does Eugenie decide to murder her mother?

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