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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 is the most preferable type of virtue?
(a) Satanic virtue.
(b) Anti-virtue.
(c) Masochistic virtue.
(d) False virtue.

2. Which character present or discussed in the First Dialogue is a stand-in for the Marquis de Sade?
(a) Dolmance.
(b) Chevalier.
(c) Eugenie.
(d) Madame de Saint-Ange.

3. According to Madame de Saint-Ange in this section, why are no desires uncommon?
(a) They are all permitted in libertinage.
(b) They are all pleasurable.
(c) They are all lawful.
(d) They are all found in nature.

4. What letter does Chevalier use to denote the friend who introduced her to Dolmance?
(a) V.
(b) X.
(c) A.
(d) S.

5. What activity does Madame advocate for at length in this section?
(a) Homosexuality.
(b) Interracial sex.
(c) Prostitution.
(d) Oral sex.

Short Answer Questions

1. In To the Libertines, what does Sade promise to all of those who follow his precepts?

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

3. What decor of Madame de Saint-Ange's boudoir arouses curiosity from Eugenie in the Third Dialogue?

4. According to Madame in the Third Dialogue, what is the psychological effect of semen's operation in conception?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Dolmance.

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

3. How does Eugenie decide to murder her mother?

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

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

6. Describe Dolmance's attitudes toward the poor.

7. What standing wager does Madame de Saint-Ange have?

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

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

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

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