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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who taught Florville to live a virtuous life?

2. What did Sade believe existed outside of the three kingdoms of species and creatures?

3. In what cell was Sade kept while at Vincennes prison?

4. In what month was Sade married?

5. Where does Courval spend most of his time?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why did Villeterque state that Sade held "erroneous opinions"?

3. What was the description of Sade from March 1793?

4. What does Florville require of Courval before she will agree to marry him?

5. What do Sade's admirers admit about Sade's work?

6. According to Beauvoir, what did Sade fear?

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

8. What two things does the "arranger" believe Florville has that count against her?

9. Why did Villeterque state that he would only address one of the questions that Sade posed in "Reflections on the Novel"?

10. Why did man write novels?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast the character of Oxtiern in the play "Oxtiern" and in the story "Ernestine." How are the depictions similar? How are they different? Which Oxtiern did you find more offensive? Why?

Essay Topic 2

How do you believe Sade would be looked upon as a writer today versus the way that he was regarded in the late 1700's? Are there certain aspects of his writing that would been seen as completely acceptable today, but were not accepted at all during the late 1700's? Is there material in Sade's writing that still would be considered "criminal" today?

Essay Topic 3

This essay needs to be written in definitive sections. Answer the following questions in the succession asked.

1) What is the difference between sadism and masochism?

2) Do you believe one to be more deviant than the other?

3) In your opinion, was Sade a sadist or masochist?

4) Do you believe that his infatuation with either sadism or masochism fueled his writings? If not, what do you believe fueled it?

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