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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Fourth Dialogue.

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 is celibate.
(d) He generally only has sex with men.

2. How large is Chevalier's phallus compared to Dolmance's?
(a) It is the same size.
(b) It is much smaller.
(c) It is much larger.
(d) Sade does not address this in the text.

3. What corporal punishment does Dolmance administer to Eugenie early in the Third Dialogue?
(a) Whipping.
(b) Spanking.
(c) Dripping hot wax.
(d) Tying down.

4. According to Dolmance, for a true libertine, every action yields what?
(a) Usefulness.
(b) Pleasure.
(c) Pain.
(d) Wealth.

5. 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 dying.
(c) When the husband is British.
(d) When the husband is a libertine as well.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Chevalier declare Eugenie to be in the beginning of the Fourth Dialogue?

3. What is the value of starvation, according to Dolmance in the Third Dialogue?

4. To what does Dolmance liken sodomy in this section?

5. According to Sade in To the Libertines, what is the only way one can find transcendence?

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