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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 is the second section of Frenchmen, Some More Effort if You Wish to Become Republicans?
(a) Democracy.
(b) Morals.
(c) Desire.
(d) Religion.

2. What laws does the author of the pamphlet think should be instituted to ensure duty to God?
(a) Laws only applied to the poor.
(b) Laws comparable to Oliver Cromwell's.
(c) None.
(d) Laws exempting churches from taxation.

3. Which of the following acts is not enacted in The Bedroom Philosophers?
(a) Flatulence fetishism.
(b) Sodomy.
(c) Bestiality.
(d) Incest.

4. How does Dolmance physically stimulate Augustin at the beginning of the Fifth Dialogue?
(a) He penetrates his anus.
(b) He kisses his neck.
(c) He strokes his penis.
(d) He tussels his hair.

5. According to Dolmance at the beginning of the Fifth Dialogue. what is the best way that woman can serve nature?
(a) Murdering peasants.
(b) Prostituting herself.
(c) Renouncing religion.
(d) Foregoing food.

Short Answer Questions

1. In nature, according to Dolmance, what commodity is not as sacred as some believe?

2. Which of the following is not a duty that the author of Frenchmen, Some More Effort if You Wish to Become Republicans discusses?

3. According to Dolmance in this section, how do lovers view their love?

4. Which character is a virgin at the beginning of The Bedroom Philosophers?

5. How does Dolmance believe his contemporaries would describe him?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why is marriage unpatriotic, according to the author?

3. How is the very end of The Bedroom Philosophers incongruous with what preceded it?

4. How does Dolmance conclude his argument with Chevalier in this section?

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

6. What is the cumulative value of madame de Saint-Ange's inundation in the Fifth Dialogue?

7. Why does Madame de Mistival pass out in the Final Dialogue?

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

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

10. Why does Dolmance expound on marriage in this section, and what does he say?

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