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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I: Letters 1 through 15.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Merteuil in letter 10, which pretext do women use to submit to sexual pleasure with a man?
(a) Women allow themselves to be raped.
(b) Women come to secret agreements with their lovers.
(c) Women use the excuse of weak-mindedness.
(d) Women initiate their own seductions.

2. What literary tradition does Coward see as applicable?
(a) Elegiac poetry.
(b) Romanticism.
(c) Don Juanism.
(d) Sentimentality.

3. How did French society view Laclos after the publication of _Les Liaisons Dangereuses_?
(a) As a "monster."
(b) As a "saint."
(c) As a "mystery."
(d) As a "genius."

4. What does Laclos favor over the well-trained mind?
(a) A feeling heart.
(b) A stout constitution.
(c) A sense of humor.
(d) A high social station.

5. How does Cécile generally feel about the prospect of soon being married?
(a) Anxious and frightened.
(b) Haughty and snobbish.
(c) Excited, but confused.
(d) Depressed and dour.

Short Answer Questions

1. Into which main form(s) was __Les Liaisons Dangereuses_ reproduced in the 20th century?

2. Who wrote the Publisher's Foreword to _Les Liasons Dangerueses_?

3. With which philosophical movement of the 18th century is Laclos associated?

4. Whom does Valmont plan to seduce?

5. Which place in the social hierarchy did Laclos' family occupy?

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