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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. In the beginning of the Third Dialogue, what does Madame de Saint-Ange explain to Eugenie?
(a) The penis.
(b) The vagina.
(c) The nipples.
(d) The anal cavity.

2. Which Roman emperor does Dolmance cite at the end of the Third Dialogue?
(a) Hadrian.
(b) Tiberius.
(c) Vespasian.
(d) Constantine.

3. In the beginning of this section, Dolmance recommends Eugenie get what?
(a) A Kama Sutra.
(b) A female companion.
(c) A sex slave.
(d) A dildo.

4. Near the end of this section, Dolmance discusses his libertine friends seducing who?
(a) Grandchildren.
(b) Nuns.
(c) Animals.
(d) Mental patients.

5. How large is Chevalier's phallus compared to Dolmance's?
(a) It is the same size.
(b) It is much larger.
(c) Sade does not address this in the text.
(d) It is much smaller.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the value of starvation, according to Dolmance in the Third Dialogue?

2. What is Dolmance's religious inclination?

3. Who does Sade recommend his young girl readers emulate?

4. When does Madame de Saint-Ange say a women must tell her husband she is taking lovers?

5. At the beginning of the Fourth Dialogue, Chevalier assures Eugenie of his what?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What arrangement does Dolmance create with Chevalier in the Fourth Dialogue?

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

4. Describe Dolmance's attitudes toward the poor.

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

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

7. Describe Dolmance.

8. Describe the argument that Dolmance and Chevalier have in the Fourth Dialogue?

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

10. How does Eugenie decide to murder her mother?

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