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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. Why must Cécile's marriage be postponed?
(a) Her fiancé is gravely ill.
(b) Cécile has second thoughts about marriage.
(c) Her fiancé is away with his regiment.
(d) Cécile plans to travel and further her education.

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

3. What does Merteuil do to get herself in the mood for sex with her lover?
(a) She drinks wine.
(b) She reads.
(c) She daydreams.
(d) She gazes at herself in the mirror.

4. Whom does Valmont plan to seduce?
(a) Merteuil.
(b) Madame de Volanges.
(c) Josephine.
(d) Madame de Tourvel.

5. What has Merteuil tricked Cécile into doing?
(a) Meeting with Danceny alone.
(b) Refusing to marry the Comte de Gercourt.
(c) Sleeping with Valmont.
(d) Telling Madame de Volanges about her love for Danceny.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What does Madame de Tourvel tell Madame de Volanges she will do to get rid of Valmont?

4. Whom does Merteuil want to manipulate into a relationship with Cécile?

5. What event does Valmont tell Madame de Tourvel secured his love for her?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Cécile feel about Danceny's first letter?

2. What does Valmont essentially tell Merteuil about their relationship with each other in letter 15?

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

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

5. What event causes Cécile and Danceny to despair? What are the immediate results?

6. What does the author of the Introduction say is particularly engaging about Laclos' use of the epistolary form?

7. How does Madame de Tourvel respond to Madame de Volanges' warning about Valmont?

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

9. Summarize Prévan's "legendary" feat of seduction according to Valmont.

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

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