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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, what does God have no reason to do?
(a) Damn people to Hell.
(b) Forbid homosexuality.
(c) Care about humanity.
(d) Let people live comfortably.

2. According to Dolmance, what separates the understanding of virtue and vice?
(a) Daylight.
(b) Geography.
(c) Enlightenment.
(d) Religion.

3. According to Dolmance, what is the most pleasurable sexual act?
(a) Sodomy.
(b) Fellatio.
(c) Masturbation.
(d) Vaginal intercourse.

4. In Dolmance's opinion, what should a girl use to break her hymen?
(a) A fist.
(b) The largest penis possible.
(c) A dildo.
(d) A very small penis.

5. In this section, Dolmance argues that Noah and Adam both took part in what?
(a) Incest.
(b) Homosexuality.
(c) Exhibitionism.
(d) Drunkenness.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the Third Dialogue, what topic does Eugenie broach that makes Dolmance scoff and chastise her?

2. According to Dolmance, what is the most preferable type of virtue?

3. Which term best describes Eugenie's initial cries during the copulation of this section?

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

5. What is Eugenie's initial reaction to seeing Dolmance in Madame's boudoir in the Third Dialogue?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. At the beginning of this section, what argument does Dolmance make regarding virtue?

3. Describe Dolmance's attitudes toward the poor.

4. Describe Dolmance.

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

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

7. What argument does Dolmance make about deceit in this section?

8. How does Dolmance decry religion in this section?

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

10. What skill do women have for cruelty, according to Dolmance at the end of the Third Dialogue?

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