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

2. In March of 1793, how old was Sade?
(a) 53.
(b) 65.
(c) 47.
(d) 42.

3. At what "level" did Freud look at life?
(a) Mineral.
(b) Inorganic.
(c) Organic.
(d) Animal.

4. What was the only thing that Sade believed would fulfill his existence?
(a) Drinking.
(b) Flogging.
(c) Adultery.
(d) Eroticism.

5. The purpose of Nature is ___________.
(a) Being a forgiver.
(b) Being a destroyer.
(c) Being an accuser.
(d) Being a creative evolutionist.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do biographers fail to present in regard to Sade?

2. In what year was Sade imprisoned for debt?

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

4. According to Klossowski, "what we call crime must contain the key" to ___________.

5. In what month was Sade married?

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