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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 Cécile tell Danceny in letter 49?
(a) That she wants to continue their relationship.
(b) That Merteuil convinced her to continue writing to him.
(c) That she will meet him at a secret location to consummate their love.
(d) That her duty to God and her future husband prevent her from being with him.

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

3. What is a "little house?"
(a) A peasant hovel.
(b) A temporary dwelling for those on the run from the law.
(c) The servants' quarters, attached to a large estate.
(d) A luxurious love-nest in the country.

4. How does Madame de Tourvel react when Valmont professes his love?
(a) She bursts into tears.
(b) She scolds him.
(c) She stands bemused and silent.
(d) She faints on the floor.

5. In his other writings, what view did Laclos take of women?
(a) A woman's honor was tied to their virginity.
(b) Women were corruptors of society.
(c) Women should not be enslaved by a male-dominated society.
(d) Women should be seen or heard.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Madame de Tourvel allow Valmont to do?

2. Whom does Valmont plan to seduce?

3. Why is Cécile unable to go to the opera with Merteuil?

4. How does Valmont make sure that Madame de Tourvel will read his first letter?

5. How did Laclos' contemporary critics feel his novel would impact society?

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