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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 in this section, what is the surest way for a wanton woman to avoid pregnancy?
(a) Use contraceptives.
(b) Sleep only with impotent men.
(c) Have only anal sex.
(d) Have sex only in a standing position.

2. What is the value of starvation, according to Dolmance in the Third Dialogue?
(a) It allows him to eat more.
(b) It separates to lazy from the industrious.
(c) It reduces the population.
(d) It creates manure.

3. In this section, why does Dolmance insist that Madame de Saint-Ange hurry in her lesson to Eugenie?
(a) He wants to sodomize her.
(b) He wants to introduce Chevalier.
(c) He thinks she is a poor instructor.
(d) He wants to orgasm.

4. According to Madame de Sainte-Ange in the First Dialogue, what is Dolmance's preferred sex act?
(a) Cunnilingus.
(b) Sodomy.
(c) Fellatio.
(d) Vaginal intercourse.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What word does Dolmance excoriate as meaningless at the beginning of this section?

3. Which character present or discussed in the First Dialogue is a stand-in for the Marquis de Sade?

4. In this section of the Third Dialogue, what does Eugenie forswear?

5. At the end of this section, Dolmance says that a libertine's ultimate fidelity is to what?

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