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

2. During Chevalier's Fourth Dialogue demonstration, what does Dolmance charge Eugenie to trample?
(a) Virtue.
(b) Wantonness.
(c) Modesty.
(d) Monogamy.

3. How does Dolmance characterize the poor at the end of this section?
(a) Dangerous.
(b) Beautiful.
(c) Lazy.
(d) Free.

4. In the Fourth Dialogue, Eugenie says her new god is what?
(a) Satan.
(b) Dolmance.
(c) Nothingness.
(d) Lust.

5. What color is Eugenie's hair?
(a) Chestnut.
(b) Auburn.
(c) Black.
(d) Dirty blonde.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what iconic literary figure does Chevalier compare himself and his sister in the First Dialogue?

2. With whom does Dolmance perform anal sex in this section?

3. What is Dolmance's physical proof that nature prefers anal sex?

4. In this section, Dolmance argues that Noah and Adam both took part in what?

5. What letter does Chevalier use to denote the friend who introduced her to Dolmance?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe Dolmance.

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

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

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

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

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

8. How does Eugenie respond to finding Dolamnce in the boudoir in the Third Dialogue?

9. What methods does Madame recommend for avoiding pregnancy?

10. What sexual acts are covered in this section of the book?

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