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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Letters 81 - 100.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Danceny give his first note to Cécile?
(a) He slips it under her bedroom door.
(b) He gives it to Valmont to pass to her.
(c) He throws it on her lap.
(d) He hides it in her harp case.

2. How does Cécile initially feel about Danceny?
(a) She feels ambivalent about him and he bores her.
(b) She hates his strict style of teaching.
(c) She falls deeply in love with him.
(d) She likes him and wants to please him with her musical abilities.

3. What action does Valmont propose to Cécile to facilitate their secret correspondence?
(a) Cécile should suggest that her mother leave Cécile alone at the country estate.
(b) Cécile and Valmont should not write, but only speak privately.
(c) Cécile and Danceny should disguise their handwriting and use the regular postal service.
(d) Cécile should steal her mother's key to Cécile's own room.

4. What advice does Cécile's friend offer regarding Danceny's letter?
(a) Cécile should show the letter to her mother.
(b) Cécile should reply immediately and assure Danceny of her love.
(c) Cécile should reply and chastise Danceny for taking such a liberty.
(d) Cécile should not respond.

5. How does Merteuil increase sympathy for herself?
(a) She claims to have been raped.
(b) She keeps quiet and the mystery deepens.
(c) She pretends to be ill.
(d) She asserts that Prévan robbed her.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Valmont know Merteuil dislikes reading about?

2. How does Coward recommend the novel should be criticized?

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

4. With which philosophical movement of the 18th century is Laclos associated?

5. Who does Valmont trick to spend time with the Vicomtesse de M?

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