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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Eugenie's initial reaction to seeing Dolmance in Madame's boudoir in the Third Dialogue?
(a) She is giddy.
(b) She is livid.
(c) She is terrified.
(d) She is nonplussed.

2. In this section of the Third Dialogue, what does Eugenie forswear?
(a) Monogamy.
(b) Her family.
(c) Virginity.
(d) Religion.

3. In the Fourth Dialogue, what combination of sexual acts does Madame de Saint-Ange advocate?
(a) Vaginal and anal sex.
(b) Vaginal sex and fellatio.
(c) Anal sex and cunnilingus.
(d) Cunnilingus and fellatio.

4. With whom does Madame de Saint-Ange intend Eugenie to break her hymen?
(a) Augustin.
(b) Dolmance.
(c) Chevalier.
(d) Her father.

5. In this section, Dolmance argues that Noah and Adam both took part in what?
(a) Exhibitionism.
(b) Homosexuality.
(c) Incest.
(d) Drunkenness.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which style of copulation is not demonstrated in this section?

2. What promise do Madame de Saint-Ange and Dolmance make Eugenie at the beginning of this section?

3. How many of Madame's own children has she killed?

4. According to Madame de Saint-Ange in this section, why are no desires uncommon?

5. According to Dolmance in the Fourth Dialogue, what is the most tiresome thing he can imagine?

Short Essay Questions

1. What sexual acts are covered in this section of the book?

2. How does the Chevalier reassure Eugenie at the beginning of the Fourth Dialogue?

3. What arrangement does Dolmance create with Chevalier in the Fourth Dialogue?

4. How does Chevalier frame Dolamnce's entrance in the First Dialogue?

5. What argument does Dolmance make about deceit in this section?

6. Describe the argument that Dolmance and Chevalier have in the Fourth Dialogue?

7. How does Madame de Saint-Ange recommend a married woman carry out her infidelity?

8. Why is sodomy, according to Dolmance, the height of libertine pleasure?

9. What does Dolmance think about parental control of children?

10. What is the value of blasphemy to the libertine?

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