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

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 125 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

The 120 Days of Sodom and Other Writings Test | Final 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. What is the age range of the young men who were gathered to be at the "society's" first dinner party"?

2. Amelie says that she is going to beg _____________to protect Ernestine.

3. Whom is "given" to the company on the 6th night of Part Three?

4. What does the narrator say is the second most important city in Sweden?

5. Who is married at the fifth's week festival in December?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why do Oxtiern and Madame Scholtz scheme to keep Ernestine and Herman apart?

2. Why does Ernestine wish to marry Herman?

3. What were the pairings of the "four libertines"?

4. What happens to Narcisse at the supper meal on the First Day?

5. To whom do the 150 Simple Passions belong?

6. What are the details surrounding Herman?

7. What main concerns does Fabrice have regarding Oxtiern's relationship with Ernestine?

8. In a short summary, what happens during the action of Duclos' story?

9. Who assumes the task of the storytelling in December?

10. What does the Duc require of Curval if he is to allow Curval to marry his daughter Julie?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How did you find yourself reacting to the text as you read it? What were your concerns? Did you believe that you were prepared to read the text and find that you were, in fact, not? Or, did you find that you were more than prepared for the material presented in the text because of the more lax societal views on sexual "deviancy" today?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Why do you believe that Sade found it necessary to describe his characters from "120 Days of Sodom" in such depth? What did the depth of the description do for you as a reader? Did the description cause you to feel differently about the character than if they were not described in such depth? Why? What do you think a more "lacking" description would have done for you as a reader?

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