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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The 120 Days of Sodom: Introduction.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Klossowski, "what we call crime must contain the key" to ___________.
(a) Knowledge.
(b) Sin.
(c) Hope.
(d) Societal aversions.

2. How many questions did Villeterque say that Sade had raised in "Reflections on the Novel"?
(a) Six.
(b) Three.
(c) Four.
(d) Two.

3. What does the "society" have to authenticate in regard to the "young maids" at the fourth dinner party?
(a) Their abandonment.
(b) Their virginity.
(c) Their reproductive ability.
(d) Their bloodlines.

4. Whose daughter does Duc want to marry?
(a) Florville.
(b) Durcet.
(c) Curval.
(d) The President.

5. Who are the guests at the second dinner party?
(a) Homeless girls.
(b) Homeless boys.
(c) Prostitutes.
(d) Girls of "superior class."

Short Answer Questions

1. In what cell was Sade kept while at Vincennes prison?

2. Whom did Klossowski quote about "original sin"?

3. What is the name of Duc's daughter whom he gives to Curval to marry?

4. How old is Florville during the action of the story?

5. Where does Courval spend most of his time?

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