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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Ernestine, A Swedish Tale.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to "Must We Burn Sade?" what happened to Sade's manuscripts?
(a) They were burned.
(b) They were lost.
(c) They were stolen.
(d) They were banned.

2. At what age did Duc carry out a plan to rob a public coach and rape all of the occupants?
(a) 23.
(b) 21.
(c) 17.
(d) 19.

3. Oxtiern tells Derbac his one goal in life is ____________.
(a) To be happy.
(b) To be published as a poet.
(c) To be married.
(d) To be wealthy.

4. At the opening of "Florville and Courval," how old is Courval?
(a) 55.
(b) 45.
(c) 50.
(d) 60.

5. Who is present at the first dinner party of the "society"?
(a) Only the members of the "society."
(b) Women only.
(c) Both women and men.
(d) Men only.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom does Duc kiss on the mouth in the third room that the "society" visits on the "First Day"?

2. What does Courval's wife devote herself to after leaving him?

3. According to Duc during the first day, ______________ are "they who absolutely cannot bear the instant when the illusion is shattered."

4. Madame de Verquin tries to set Florville up with __________.

5. What was Voltaire's purpose in writing?

(see the answer key)

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