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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Reflections on the Novel.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Given that Beauvoir stated that he found no "hint of ambition" in Sade, what did Beauvoir state that he believed about Sade?
(a) He would be burned for his sins.
(b) He was a coward.
(c) He was satisfied living a mundane life.
(d) He was bound for greatness.

2. According to Beauvoir, what did Sade long for?
(a) A real life.
(b) A strong soul.
(c) The ability to be regarded as a famous writer.
(d) The ability to do what he wished without punishment.

3. According to Sade, the Romans had the weaknesses of ________________.
(a) Spite and malice.
(b) Lust and love.
(c) Prayer and love.
(d) Hate and power.

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

5. What do biographers fail to present in regard to Sade?
(a) An authentic portrait of him.
(b) A history of his life in Bastille.
(c) A record of his crimes.
(d) An objective view on his work.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year was the Bastille stormed?

2. According to Sade, man is prey to what two weaknesses?

3. The purpose of Nature is ___________.

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

5. What name is given to "any work of imagination fashioned from the most uncommon adventures which men experience in the course of their lives"?

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