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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What event does Valmont tell Madame de Tourvel secured his love for her?
(a) Meeting her for the first time.
(b) Hearing of her piety from Madame de Rosemonde.
(c) His charitable actions toward the peasants.
(d) Looking into her eyes on a starlit evening.

2. What does Merteuil call the woman Valmont wishes to seduce?
(a) A prude.
(b) A trollop.
(c) A hag.
(d) A child.

3. What occurs in the tale of seduction Valmont tells Merteuil in letter 79?
(a) Three couples get hoodwinked by one man.
(b) Valmont himself and two unnamed women.
(c) The many mistresses of the King.
(d) One woman seduces three brothers.

4. What does Valmont know Merteuil dislikes reading about?
(a) She dislikes reading Valmont's preachy advice.
(b) She dislikes reading about Valmont's progress with Madame de Tourvel.
(c) She dislikes reading about Cécile's progress with Danceny.
(d) She dislikes reading about Valmont's past seductions.

5. What does Valmont ask Madame de Tourvel to do in letter 35?
(a) Move to Paris so they can be seen in society together.
(b) Divorce her husband, the judge.
(c) Commit to a sexual relationship with him.
(d) Give him the names of those saying bad things about him.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where is Madame de Tourvel staying while her husband is away?

3. According to Merteuil in letter 10, which pretext do women use to submit to sexual pleasure with a man?

4. What does Cécile tell Danceny in letter 49?

5. What is an "epistolary novel?"

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