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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To what does Dolmance liken sodomy in this section?
(a) A personal hygiene process.
(b) A spiritual act.
(c) A business transaction.
(d) A medical procedure.

2. According to Dolmance, what is the most preferable type of virtue?
(a) False virtue.
(b) Satanic virtue.
(c) Masochistic virtue.
(d) Anti-virtue.

3. How many of Madame's own children has she killed?
(a) 1.
(b) 0.
(c) 3.
(d) 2.

4. Who is the first character to begin kissing and caressing Eugenie?
(a) Dolmance.
(b) Madame de Saint-Ange.
(c) Augustin.
(d) Chevalier.

5. Which term best describes Eugenie's initial cries during the copulation of this section?
(a) Giddy.
(b) Orgasmic.
(c) Fearful.
(d) Pained.

6. What letter does Chevalier use to denote the friend who introduced her to Dolmance?
(a) X.
(b) A.
(c) S.
(d) V.

7. In the Third Dialogue, what function of the human body does Dolmance refuse to discuss?
(a) Orgasm.
(b) Defecation.
(c) Procreation.
(d) Flatulance.

8. To what iconic literary figure does Chevalier compare himself and his sister in the First Dialogue?
(a) Hamlet.
(b) Aneas.
(c) Oedipus Rex.
(d) Don Quixote.

9. How does Madame de Sainte-Ange know Eugenie's father?
(a) He is her priest.
(b) They are siblings.
(c) They are lovers.
(d) She is his grandmother.

10. In this section of the Third Dialogue, Madame explains to Eugenie the importance of being what?
(a) A whore.
(b) A single woman.
(c) A lady.
(d) A supplicant.

11. What role models does Dolmance detest vocally regarding his virtue-vice argument?
(a) Clergymen.
(b) Parents.
(c) Politicians.
(d) Professors.

12. According to Madame in the Third Dialogue, what is the psychological effect of semen's operation in conception?
(a) Children love their fathers more.
(b) Women desire to drink semen.
(c) Men must copulate constantly.
(d) Women yearn to have a penis.

13. Which character masturbates Chevalier first in the Fourth Dialogue?
(a) Eugenie.
(b) Madame de Saint-Ange.
(c) Dolmance.
(d) Augustin.

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

15. Instructing Eugenie on the precautions she must take as a wanton woman, Madame tell her to do what regularly?
(a) Sleep with her husband.
(b) Have an abortion.
(c) Douche herself.
(d) Sleep with women.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the end of the Third Dialogue, what two subjects does Dolmance discuss as being of particular joy to a libertine?

2. What does Madame's elderly husband force her to consume?

3. What does Dolmance like to keep in his house for sexual pleasure?

4. What new attribute to Eugenie's personality in this section shocks Madame?

5. What color is Eugenie's hair?

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