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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Klossowski, "what we call crime must contain the key" to ___________.
(a) Sin.
(b) Knowledge.
(c) Hope.
(d) Societal aversions.

2. Which of Sade's plays was a great success?
(a) "Les Antiquaires."
(b) "Le Prevaricateur ou le Magistrat du temps passe."
(c) "Oxtiern."
(d) "Les Fetes de l'amitie."

3. Who mistreated a poor family and then called for his own punishment by whipping?
(a) Duc.
(b) Sade.
(c) Saint-Ford.
(d) Almani.

4. 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) Novel.
(b) History.
(c) Lie.
(d) Myth.

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

6. According to Beauvoir, what did Sade come to know at an early age?
(a) Foulness and violence.
(b) Hatred and sadism.
(c) Resentment and violence.
(d) Hatred and violence.

7. Where did Florville go to give birth?
(a) laiz.
(b) Paris.
(c) Metz.
(d) Belleville.

8. In what year did Sade publish "Les Crimes de l'Amour"?
(a) 1799.
(b) 1810.
(c) 1797.
(d) 1800.

9. What was Voltaire's purpose in writing?
(a) To put forth new knowledge.
(b) To create law.
(c) To insert philosophy in his novels.
(d) To admonish culture.

10. Courval is told that Florville is related to ______________.
(a) Saint-Prat.
(b) St. Pierre.
(c) Dienteur.
(d) Marcus Flind.

11. What did Sade call Villeterque at the opening of his reply to him?
(a) Sinner.
(b) Hack writer.
(c) Dismissed.
(d) Criminal.

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

13. How many questions did Villeterque state he would "bother with"?
(a) Three.
(b) None.
(c) One.
(d) Two.

14. How many things did Sade challenge Villeterque to do?
(a) One.
(b) Two.
(c) Three.
(d) Five.

15. Madame de Verquin tries to set Florville up with __________.
(a) An officer in the Navy.
(b) Courval.
(c) A slave boy.
(d) Senneval.

Short Answer Questions

1. Villeterque accused Sade of portraying villains who were _________.

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

3. In what year was the Bastille stormed?

4. Why did Beauvoir state that Sade "mistrusted everything and everybody"?

5. To what Roman goddess does Courval compare Florville?

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