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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Which of the following is not a human activity prohibited by law that Dolmance does not dismiss as permissible?
2. In the Third Dialogue, what topic does Eugenie broach that makes Dolmance scoff and chastise her?
3. What role models does Dolmance detest vocally regarding his virtue-vice argument?
4. What activity does Madame advocate for at length in this section?
5. In the Third Dialogue, what function of the human body does Dolmance refuse to discuss?
Short Essay Questions
1. What pattern of sexual arrangements emerges in the Third Dialogue?
2. Describe Madame de Saint-Ange's husband.
3. What is the value of blasphemy to the libertine?
4. How is Madame de Saint-Ange acquainted with Eugenie?
5. Describe Dolmance's attitudes toward the poor.
6. What standing wager does Madame de Saint-Ange have?
7. At the beginning of this section, what argument does Dolmance make regarding virtue?
8. Describe Dolmance.
9. What hypothetical sexual inundation do Dolmance and Madame concoct in the Fourth Dialogue?
10. What does Dolmance think about parental control of children?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Sodomy plays an incredible role in the libertine philosophy of Dolmance. He expounds upon its pure, unadorned pleasure. Write a three-part essay about the libertine ideal as expressed through the act of sodomy:
Part 1) What reasons does Dolmance explain through the book that society has for frowning upon anal intercourse? Why is it considered unnatural and dirty? To what extend is the substance of semen made sacred through these arguments?
Part 2) Discuss the various ways in which Dolmance rebuke the arguments against sodomy. How does he connect the notion of nature to justify the value of sodomy? Aesthetically, why does Dolmance think that the anus is more perfect than the vagina?
Part 3) Discuss how Dolmance applies his beliefs about sodomy in his everyday life. What does he abstain from? What does he lecture and practice on a regular basis?
Essay Topic 2
Write an essay about the character of the Chevalier. What is his connection to Dolmance, and what role does he play in the education of Eugenie? Discuss his part in plotting the various outrages against her virtue. How is he instrumental in bringing all of the major characters together into one boudoir? Discuss, also, the Chevalier's surprising outrage at the lack of compassion Dolmance displays? How does he become the most loving of the libertines?
Essay Topic 3
In The Bedroom Philosophers, the abstract idea of nature is used as a central justification for libertine philosophy. Write an essay about the use of nature as a guiding principle in the novel. What elements of nature are inspiring to the libertines? Does nature follow a set of moral guidelines? What connection does nature have to the human race? What does the human impulse to hurt and conquer have in common with nature?
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