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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Third Dialogue, Part Two.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Madame de Saint-Ange, what customary restriction does Dolmance make regarding his sexual partners?
(a) He prefers prepubescent girls.
(b) He never has sex with only one person at a time.
(c) He generally only has sex with men.
(d) He is celibate.

2. When does Madame de Saint-Ange say a women must tell her husband she is taking lovers?
(a) When the husband is impotent.
(b) When the husband is a libertine as well.
(c) When the husband is dying.
(d) When the husband is British.

3. According to Dolmance, Christianity is just a newer form of what?
(a) Slavery.
(b) Pagan religion.
(c) Roman rule.
(d) Judaism.

4. What color is Eugenie's hair?
(a) Black.
(b) Chestnut.
(c) Auburn.
(d) Dirty blonde.

5. In this section, what does Dolmance declare is the most important mission a young girl can undertake?
(a) Sensual pleasure.
(b) Drinking and smoking.
(c) Pleasing men.
(d) Disobeying her guardians.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following groups is not one that Sade refers to specifically in To the Libertines?

2. Who is the first character to begin kissing and caressing Eugenie?

3. With whom does Madame de Saint-Ange intend Eugenie to break her hymen?

4. In the Third Dialogue, which fluid is incorrectly identified as operative in procreation?

5. Near the end of this section, Dolmance discusses his libertine friends seducing who?

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