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The 120 Days of Sodom and Other Writings Test | Mid-Book Test - Medium

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 125 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What book did Sade say that Villeterque had not read, based upon his "stupid account"?
(a) "L'Instituteur Philosophe."
(b) "Les Crimes de L'Amour."
(c) "Le Cocu de Lui-même."
(d) "Retaliation."

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

3. Where was the only place that Sade believed he could assert himself?
(a) His home.
(b) In prison.
(c) His bed.
(d) A brothel.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who mistreated a poor family and then called for his own punishment by whipping?

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

3. "Punishments are always ___________________ to the crime."

4. Whom did Klossowski quote about "original sin"?

5. What was the first thing that Sade did when society "quickly seized upon Sade's secret and classified it as a crime"?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Mademoiselle de Florville.

2. Why is Courval considering remarrying?

3. What was the progression of the novel throughout history?

4. What did Sade say about the effect that "insults directed by jealousy" had on a "man of letters"?

5. What was Sade's last wish to be respected?

6. According to Beauvoir, what did Sade fear?

7. What did Sade say that Voltaire did when he wrote?

8. According to Pierre Klossowski, why could God be viewed as "the original guilty party"?

9. Through what "relationship" does Sade "compel our attention"?

10. According to Beauvoir, what was Sade like at the age of twenty-three?

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