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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Letters 16 - 50.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. With whom does Valmont conspire to trick and humiliate a new acquaintance?
(a) Merteuil.
(b) Madame de Volanges.
(c) Émilie.
(d) Cécile.

2. On what issue does Cécile ask Merteuil's advice in letter 27?
(a) Whether Merteuil thinks Danceny will remain faithful.
(b) Whether she should tell her mother of her interest in Danceny.
(c) Which gown she should wear to the opera the next night.
(d) Whether it would be wrong to correspond with Danceny.

3. Who are the two people Cécile admits she likes best?
(a) Valmont and Merteuil.
(b) Merteuil and Danceny.
(c) Merteuil and Madame de Rosemonde.
(d) Danceny and Madame de Volanges.

4. Into which main form(s) was __Les Liaisons Dangereuses_ reproduced in the 20th century?
(a) Novellas.
(b) Plays and film adaptations.
(c) Lyric poetry.
(d) Factual memoirs.

5. What is an "epistolary novel?"
(a) A novel set in Medieval times.
(b) A novel told from the perspective of a single character.
(c) A novel centering around a mythical being.
(d) A novel told through letters.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Merteuil in letter 10, which pretext do women use to submit to sexual pleasure with a man?

2. Where is Madame de Tourvel staying while her husband is away?

3. What does Merteuil call the woman Valmont wishes to seduce?

4. How does Cécile generally feel about the prospect of soon being married?

5. How did Laclos' contemporary critics feel his novel would impact society?

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