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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Villeterque's Review of Les Crimes de l'Amour and Sade's Reply.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What did Sade believe existed outside of the three kingdoms of species and creatures?
(a) An original and eternal Nature.
(b) Man.
(c) Sin.
(d) God.

4. What writer loathed Sade and referred to him as "monster author"?
(a) Restif.
(b) Cleland.
(c) Milton.
(d) Spenser.

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"?
(a) History.
(b) Novel.
(c) Myth.
(d) Lie.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did Sade call Villeterque at the opening of his reply to him?

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

4. What character did Beauvoir claim had been created as a projection of Sade himself?

5. In Klossowski's quoting of "120 Days of Sodom," what will never exist "wherever men are equal and when differences do not exist"?

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