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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Oxtiern, or The Misfortunes of Libertinage.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old are the "young maids" that attend the fourth dinner party?
(a) 8-17.
(b) 12-18.
(c) 7-15.
(d) 9-16.

2. What did Sade "push to a point" where "it will be invested with the form of a truly transcendental fatalism"?
(a) Materialistic atheism.
(b) Contempt.
(c) Sadism.
(d) Crime and ounishment.

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

4. According to Klossowski, "the substitution of Nature in a state of perpetual motion for God signifies, not the arrival of a happier era for humanity," but ____________________.
(a) The reality of sin.
(b) The right to do as one wished.
(c) The beginning of tragedy.
(d) The acceptance of the refusal to change.

5. On the 1st of December, how many tales does Champville tell?
(a) Five.
(b) Nine.
(c) Four.
(d) Seven.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Part Three of "The 120 Days of Sodom," what month is it?

2. How old was Florville when Saint-Agne proposed to her?

3. How many courses does the mid-day meal have?

4. Whom did Klossowski name as the "original guilty party"?

5. According to Klossowski, what philosopher opposed the sufferings of the innocent?

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