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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Valmont spy on Madame de Tourvel?
(a) He climbs a balcony to look through her window.
(b) He hides behind a tapestry in her room.
(c) He peeps through the keyhole of her room.
(d) He uses a listening device in the room next to hers.

2. How does Danceny give his first note to Cécile?
(a) He hides it in her harp case.
(b) He slips it under her bedroom door.
(c) He gives it to Valmont to pass to her.
(d) He throws it on her lap.

3. How does Valmont force Madame de Tourvel's maid to help with his plans?
(a) He bribes her with 400 francs.
(b) He threatens to blackmail her.
(c) He humiliates her by forcing her to be naked.
(d) He rapes her.

4. What does Merteuil call the woman Valmont wishes to seduce?
(a) A trollop.
(b) A prude.
(c) A child.
(d) A hag.

5. Where is Madame de Tourvel staying while her husband is away?
(a) With Madame de Rosemonde in the country.
(b) With Madame de Volanges in Paris.
(c) At a home she owns in Paris.
(d) At a convent.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do today's readers of Laclos interpret his novel?

2. What does Madame de Volanges say about Valmont to Madame de Tourvel in letter 9?

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

4. What message does the Publisher's Foreword give?

5. How was __Les Liaisons Dangereuses_ treated after the turn of the 20th century?

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