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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is not a duty that the author of Frenchmen, Some More Effort if You Wish to Become Republicans discusses?

2. Why is Madame de Mistival's body already bruised?

3. Why is Augustin initially hesitant to ravish Eugenie in the Fifth Dialogue?

4. In this section, Dolmance says that every man is a despot when?

5. What laws does the author of the pamphlet think should be instituted to ensure duty to God?

Short Essay Questions

1. What arrives for the libertines in the Sixth Dialogue?

2. What argument does Dolmance regarding the human heart in the beginning of this section?

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

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

5. How is Madame de Mistival punished after her tribunal in the Final Dialogue?

6. What is the only true connection between two people, according to Dolmance in this section?

7. How could The Bedroom Philosophers be viewed as satire?

8. What surprising statement does Chevalier make at the beginning of this section?

9. How does sexual fluid give way to blood at the beginning of the Fifth Dialogue?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In a point-counterpoint essay, determine what the Marquis de Sade would be satirizing if The Bedroom Philosophers were satire. Would his targets be the French aristocracy? The Revolution? Is it more reasonable to believe that he intends the text as a critique of excess? Discuss, on the other hand, what Sade's goal would be if the text were earnest. What evidence from his personal life would contend that the book should be taken straight?

Essay Topic 2

In The Bedroom Philosophers, the abstract idea of nature is used as a central justification for libertine philosophy. Write an essay about the use of nature as a guiding principle in the novel. What elements of nature are inspiring to the libertines? Does nature follow a set of moral guidelines? What connection does nature have to the human race? What does the human impulse to hurt and conquer have in common with nature?

Essay Topic 3

In the pamphlet Chevalier reads in the Fifth Dialogue, an unnamed author refutes the notion that laws are necessary for public order. Over the course of the pamphlet, he disproves the harmful effects of many crimes. Write an essay about three of these crimes. Why does the author state that they are not harmful? What positive effects do they have? What societal changes does the author recommend in harnessing this good?

Part 1) Slander

Part 2) Rape and incest

Part 3) Murder

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