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

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

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 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which author did Sade supposedly ignore because of his jealousy regarding the individual's success as a writer?

2. What do biographers fail to present in regard to Sade?

3. What was Voltaire's purpose in writing?

4. Where was the only place that Sade believed he could assert himself?

5. According to Beauvoir, what did Sade long for?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the "arranger" believe will not please Courval about Florville's conduct?

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

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

4. What did Klossowski quote from "The 120 Days of Sodom" regarding happiness?

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

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

7. Why did man write novels?

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

9. What were Sade's beliefs about giving the title of "novel" to a written work?

10. Describe Mademoiselle de Florville.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write a critical analysis on Sade's texts. Focus on the material that both critics (included in the text) focused upon. Do you agree with their thoughts? Why? Do you disagree with their thoughts? Why?

Essay Topic 2

Do you believe that Sade's writings were pornographic? Or, did he go beyond pornographic for you (as a reader)? Were there specific actions that you would consider "going a little too far"? Or, do you believe that Sade went just far enough?

Essay Topic 3

Given that all of the characters in "120 Days of Sodom" were at least 45 years of age, do you believe their "crimes" to be more horrendous than if they were younger men? Sade was 45 years old when "The 120 Days of Sodom" was published. Do you believe that Sade gave them all ages close to his own because the text paralleled his own life? Do you think that you would feel differently about the actions in the text if the men were younger and more "prone" to sexually deviant behaviors?

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