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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. According to Dolmance in this section, why are all kings tyrants?
(a) They are inbred.
(b) They fear they will lose their place in society.
(c) They do not acknowledge weakness.
(d) They were designated by God.

2. In this section, what does Dolmance claim the heart does?
(a) Speaks truth.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Deceives.
(d) Produces life.

3. What does theft ensure, according to the pamphleteer?
(a) Lack of materialism.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Even division of wealth.
(d) Bank security.

4. According to Dolmance in this section, why are libertines duplicitous?
(a) It is pleasurable.
(b) It is natural.
(c) It is required in society.
(d) Lies are a false notion.

5. What laws does the author of the pamphlet think should be instituted to ensure duty to God?
(a) Laws exempting churches from taxation.
(b) Laws only applied to the poor.
(c) Laws comparable to Oliver Cromwell's.
(d) None.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Dolmance in this section, what do sodomites pride themselves on?

2. Why does Dolmance decry marriage in particular?

3. What is the first subheading of Frenchmen, Some More Effort if You Wish to Become Republicans?

4. Dolmance believes all laws are a crime against whom?

5. In her revelry of the Fifth Dialogue, which is not an act Madame de Saint-Ange brags about?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Madame de Mistival pass out in the Final Dialogue?

2. In the Fifth Dialogue, what does Dolmance explain about the law to Eugenie?

3. How does Dolmance explain his vile character in this section?

4. How does Eugenie's reaction to her mother in the beginning of the Final Dialogue reflect a change in her character?

5. Why does the author of the pamphlet favor the Olympian gods?

6. What new institutions does the pamphleteer recommend establishing?

7. Why is marriage unpatriotic, according to the author?

8. What transpires at the end of the Fifth Dialogue?

9. What is the only purpose of friendship, according to Dolmance?

10. How is Chevalier's argument in this section atypical of the rest of the text?

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