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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 does Eugenie demand at the end of this section?
(a) She wants to see Dolmance's anus.
(b) She wants to taste semen.
(c) She wants to be sodomized.
(d) She want a crepe.

2. According to the author of the pamphlet, what is the main requirement of the Christian God?
(a) Obedience.
(b) Charity.
(c) Fear.
(d) Faith.

3. In this section, Dolmance says he'll respect friendship if what?
(a) It is noncommittal.
(b) It is useful.
(c) It is sexual.
(d) It is brief.

4. In this section, what does Dolmance claim the heart does?
(a) Deceives.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Speaks truth.
(d) Produces life.

5. According to Dolmance in this section, why are libertines duplicitous?
(a) It is pleasurable.
(b) Lies are a false notion.
(c) It is required in society.
(d) It is natural.

Short Answer Questions

1. What act does Madame de Saint-Ange commit in this section that inflames Dolmance?

2. Who has read the pamphlet thus far in the Fifth Dialogue?

3. What does theft ensure, according to the pamphleteer?

4. Which of the following acts is not enacted in The Bedroom Philosophers?

5. What is the sole value of sexuality, according to Dolmance in this section?

Short Essay Questions

1. What surprising statement does Chevalier make at the beginning of this section?

2. What argument for the pamphleteer offer regarding death and capital punishment?

3. How could The Bedroom Philosophers be viewed as satire?

4. How does Eugenie's reaction to her mother in the beginning of the Final Dialogue reflect a change in her character?

5. Why does the author of the pamphlet reject the notion of laws as important to order?

6. What argument does Dolmance regarding the human heart in the beginning of this section?

7. Why does Dolmance not break Eugenie's hymen?

8. What is the only purpose of friendship, according to Dolmance?

9. According to Dolmance in this section, how does nature disprove the existence of vice?

10. In this section, how does Dolmance downgrade humanity's importance in his defense of sodomy?

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