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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Letters 101 - 124.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Madame de Volanges discover about her daughter?
(a) She has been having sex with Valmont.
(b) She has been spending her inheritance foolishly.
(c) She has been corresponding with Danceny.
(d) She has been disrespectful to God.

2. What advice does Valmont give to Madame de Tourvel?
(a) Succumb to desire and she will pay the price.
(b) Desert her husband, in order to marry Valmont.
(c) Love, and her fears will vanish.
(d) Tell others of his love for Valmont, and they will understand.

3. What is the main rule of Valmont's and Merteuil's seductions?
(a) Married people are off-limits.
(b) Seductions of impressionable teens are the only worthwhile seductions.
(c) Nothing to incriminate themselves should exist in writing.
(d) They cannot interfere in one another's schemes.

4. What did the person whom Valmont sent to Madame de Tourvel do?
(a) The person suggested Madame de Tourvel run away.
(b) The person convinced her to see Valmont.
(c) The person argued against Valmont's case.
(d) The person told the legal authorities about Valmont's activities.

5. With what circumstance is Danceny most frustrated?
(a) His inability to express his feelings to Cécile.
(b) The weather prevents him from traveling.
(c) Valmont's apparent silence on Danceny and Cécile's affair.
(d) The inconvenience of being stuck in Paris for business matters.

Short Answer Questions

1. What idea does Merteuil plant in Cécile's head after the revelation of her and Danceny's love?

2. What physical condition makes it difficult for Madame de Rosemonde to write letters?

3. What occurs in the tale of seduction Valmont tells Merteuil in letter 79?

4. What does Madame de Tourvel regret in letter 124?

5. Why must Cécile's marriage be postponed?

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