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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 Sade in To the Libertines, what is the only way one can find transcendence?
(a) Making love to de Sade.
(b) Abandoning the shackles of family.
(c) Killing those below oneself.
(d) Sacrificing oneself to sensual pleasure.

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

3. Which style of copulation is not demonstrated in this section?
(a) Cunnilingus.
(b) Masturbation.
(c) Fellatio.
(d) Anal sex.

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

5. How many days is Eugenie intending to stay with Madame de Saint-Ange?
(a) 7.
(b) 4.
(c) 1.
(d) 2.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many people are involved in the sexual tryst Chevalier first engages in with Dolmance, as related in the First Dialogue?

2. In this section of the Third Dialogue, what does Eugenie forswear?

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

4. In the Third Dialogue, what function of the human body does Dolmance refuse to discuss?

5. According to Madame de Saint-Ange in this section, why are no desires uncommon?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Dolmance's defense of incest.

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

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

4. What does Dolmance think about parental control of children?

5. How does the Chevalier reassure Eugenie at the beginning of the Fourth Dialogue?

6. Describe Dolmance.

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

8. Describe Dolmance's attitudes toward the poor.

9. How does Eugenie decide to murder her mother?

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

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