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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Madame de Volanges say about Valmont to Madame de Tourvel in letter 9?
(a) Valmont has an excellent reputation around town.
(b) Valmont is dangerous and deceitful.
(c) Valmont is trustworthy and honest.
(d) Valmont has an addiction to gambling.

2. Who does Valmont trick to spend time with the Vicomtesse de M?
(a) Merteuil.
(b) Armand.
(c) Philippe.
(d) Vressac.

3. How does Valmont contrive to grope the woman he wants to seduce?
(a) By carrying her across a ditch.
(b) By helping her mount a horse.
(c) By pretending to stumble into her.
(d) By grabbing her from behind.

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

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 provocation of social mores.
(d) The questioning of humanity's purpose on earth.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Madame de Tourvel react when Valmont professes his love?

2. In letter 26, what does Madame de Tourvel blame on her impassioned outburst?

3. What does the author of the Editor's Preface claim he has done?

4. What does Valmont say is notable about the man pursuing Merteuil?

5. With whom does Valmont conspire to trick and humiliate a new acquaintance?

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