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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. According to Dolmance in the Fourth Dialogue, what is the most tiresome thing he can imagine?
(a) A vagina.
(b) A church.
(c) A small penis.
(d) An old man.

2. What word does Dolmance excoriate as meaningless at the beginning of this section?
(a) Love.
(b) Virtue.
(c) Devotion.
(d) Evil.

3. Which of the following is not a recommendation Dolmance makes to Eugenie in this section regarding sodomy?
(a) Avoid bowel movements beforehand.
(b) Take frequent enemas.
(c) Avoid acids.
(d) Do not have anal sex with multiple men in a row.

4. Who does Sade recommend his young girl readers emulate?
(a) Madame de Mistival.
(b) Eugenie.
(c) Himself.
(d) Madame de Saint-Ange.

5. How does Madame de Sainte-Ange know Eugenie's father?
(a) He is her priest.
(b) She is his grandmother.
(c) They are lovers.
(d) They are siblings.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Madame de Sainte-Ange in the First Dialogue, what is Dolmance's preferred sex act?

2. What does Dolmance propose Eugenie learn about at the beginning of the Fourth Dialogue?

3. In the Fourth Dialogue, Eugenie says her new god is what?

4. What does Dolmance like to keep in his house for sexual pleasure?

5. According to Dolmance, what separates the understanding of virtue and vice?

Short Essay Questions

1. What theory regarding large penises does Dolmance posit in the Fourth Dialogue?

2. How does Dolmance decry religion in this section?

3. How does Madame de Saint-Ange recommend a married woman carry out her infidelity?

4. According to Sade in To the Philosphers, what is the key to happiness?

5. Describe Dolmance's attitudes toward the poor.

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

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

8. How is the the sexual passage of this section typical of the writing of The Bedroom Philosophers?

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

10. How does Eugenie decide to murder her mother?

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