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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the first action Valmont takes to make Madame de Tourvel look favorably upon him?
(a) He leaps to his aunt's aid when she falls.
(b) He expresses interest in a position in the Church.
(c) He pays a peasant family's back taxes.
(d) He disarms a burglar at the estate.

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

3. What does Danceny refuse to do, despite Madame de Volanges' request?
(a) Return Cécile's letters.
(b) Marry another woman.
(c) Burn his letters.
(d) Travel abroad to forget Cécile.

4. Who wrote the Publisher's Foreword to _Les Liasons Dangerueses_?
(a) The Duke d'Orleans.
(b) The owner of the shop in which the book was printed.
(c) Laclos' wife, Marie-Soulange Duperré.
(d) Choderlos de Laclos.

5. What does Madame de Volanges threaten to do to Danceny?
(a) Publicly expose him.
(b) Have him arrested.
(c) Ban him from her house.
(d) Bankrupt him.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Danceny's letter 28 accuse Cécile of?

2. Who are the two people Cécile admits she likes best?

3. In letter 20, what does Merteuil promise Valmont upon the success of his seduction of Madame de Tourvel?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What was Choderlos de Laclos' position in society? Describe his family life.

2. How does Cécile describe Danceny to her friend Sophie?

3. What are Merteuil and Valmont's plans for Danceny and Cécile at the beginning of Part II?

4. How does Madame de Tourvel respond to Valmont's first love letter?

5. How does Cécile describe her feelings about Danceny to Sophie in letter 55?

6. What are the general contents of Valmont's love letters to Madame de Tourvel?

7. Describe Cécile de Volanges.

8. What does the Editor state in the Editor's Preface?

9. Who is Merteuil's "knight," and what does she think of him?

10. What was the general response to _Les Liaisons Dangereuses_ in the 20th century?

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