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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Letters 51 - 80.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where does Cécile live before coming home to Paris?
(a) With a family friend.
(b) On the streets.
(c) With her elderly aunt.
(d) At a convent.

3. How does Valmont trick Madame de Volanges into receiving his second letter?
(a) He glues it inside her favorite book.
(b) He throws it on her lap while company visits, forcing her to grab it and hide it.
(c) He slips it under her door at night.
(d) He hides it in one of her letters, which she has asked him to return.

4. According to the author of the Editor's Preface, what is the value of a work of literature?
(a) Its usefulness to society and/or the pleasure it gives its readers.
(b) Its moral obligation to society.
(c) The opportunity it offers its readers to escape their dull, daily lives.
(d) The price it can be sold at; the wealth it can bring its author.

5. What else does David Coward, author of the Introduction, insist is a factor in libertine novels?
(a) The reinforcement of ancient wisdom.
(b) The surrealist confusion of society.
(c) The questioning of humanity's purpose on earth.
(d) The provocation of social mores.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom does Cécile's mother intend for her to marry?

2. Who notified Madame de Volanges of Cécile and Danceny's romance?

3. What was the beginning of Laclos' military career like?

4. What does Madame de Tourvel offer Valmont?

5. Who is the author of the Editor's Preface?

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