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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Letters 16 - 50.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Merteuil call Danceny in letter 38?
(a) Quiet and wise.
(b) Canny and secretive.
(c) Stupid and boring.
(d) Brainy and obtuse.

2. How does Valmont contrive to grope the woman he wants to seduce?
(a) By helping her mount a horse.
(b) By grabbing her from behind.
(c) By carrying her across a ditch.
(d) By pretending to stumble into her.

3. What common subjects of social satire is the novel clearly lacking, according to Coward?
(a) Servants and peasants.
(b) Innocent young women and men.
(c) Artists, musicians, and stage actors.
(d) Adult males, financiers, and clergymen.

4. What ruse does Valmont use to attempt to secretly rifle through Madame de Tourvel's letters?
(a) He fakes a nosebleed and leaves the room.
(b) He says he is going hunting.
(c) He complains of a headache.
(d) He pretends to be a burglar in the night.

5. How does Valmont act toward Madame de Tourvel, as reported in letter 11?
(a) He regales her with licentious tales.
(b) He is gentlemanly and attentive.
(c) He makes no attempt to conceal his lust.
(d) He ignores her and barely speaks to her.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the author of the Editor's Preface claim he has done?

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

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

5. Into which main form(s) was __Les Liaisons Dangereuses_ reproduced in the 20th century?

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