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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 only reason to love one's parents, according to Dolmance?
(a) If they are dying.
(b) If they have money.
(c) If they treat one well.
(d) If they are sexually satisfying.

2. Who does Dolmance order to stoke him in this section of the Fifth Dialogue?
(a) Eugenie.
(b) Augustin.
(c) Madame de Saint-Ange.
(d) Chevalier.

3. What is the central lie regarding laws that the author of Frenchmen, Some More Effort if You Wish to Become Republicans dissects in this section?
(a) The are compatible with individual liberty.
(b) They are Biblical in origin.
(c) They have always existed.
(d) They ensure common safety.

4. What arrives in the boudoir at the beginning of the Sixth Dialogue?
(a) News of Danton's execution.
(b) A collection of ancient dildos.
(c) A repast for supper.
(d) A missive from Eugenie's father.

5. Dolmance believes all laws are a crime against whom?
(a) The individual.
(b) Eros.
(c) The aristocracy.
(d) God.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who does Dolmance take into the other room at the end of the Fifth Dialogue?

3. Why does Dolmance decry marriage in particular?

4. Which of the following characters is not involved in plotting the education of Eugenie?

5. In their argument regarding empathy and weakness, who are Dolmance and Chevalier trying to convince?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What new institutions does the pamphleteer recommend establishing?

4. How does Dolmance explain his vile character in this section?

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

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

7. What proclamation regarding crime does Dolmance make at the beginning of this section?

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

9. According to the author of the pamphlet, what is the value of suicide?

10. How is Chevalier's argument in this section atypical of the rest of the text?

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