View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The 120 Days of Sodom: Part One.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Villeterque wonders about the painting of scenes where crime reigns __________.
(a) As Nature wanted.
(b) Triumphant.
(c) Accepted.
(d) Successful.

2. What is Courval's income, as noted by Sade?
(a) 25,000 francs.
(b) 5,000 francs.
(c) 15,000 francs.
(d) 10,000 francs.

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

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

5. What did Sade state that "I have never written"?
(a) Immoral books.
(b) Sins against God.
(c) Sinful memories.
(d) Aberrations of Nature.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the "young lads," who are 12-14 years of age, wear to the first dinner parties of the "society"?

2. How many years longer does Sade say that Courval will live?

3. On what day is the "First Day"?

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

5. What is the name of Duc's daughter whom he gives to Curval to marry?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 168 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample