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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Nature as Destructive Principle.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On what holiday did Sade terrorize Rose Keller?
(a) Easter.
(b) New Year's.
(c) Christmas.
(d) All Hallow's Eve.

2. 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 acceptance of the refusal to change.
(b) The beginning of tragedy.
(c) The right to do as one wished.
(d) The reality of sin.

3. Who did Beauvoir state embodied Sade's failure?
(a) His own mother.
(b) His son.
(c) His wife.
(d) His mother-in-law.

4. According to Klossowski, what philosopher opposed the sufferings of the innocent?
(a) Plato.
(b) Machiavelli.
(c) Socrates.
(d) Nietzsche.

5. 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) Crime and ounishment.
(d) Sadism.

Short Answer Questions

1. What chemist did Klossowski quote regarding his fears about Nature?

2. In March of 1793, how old was Sade?

3. What did Klossowski state was a "moral being and not a created being"?

4. Which of Sade's plays was a great success?

5. In what month was Sade married?

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