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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How was __Les Liaisons Dangereuses_ treated after the turn of the 20th century?
(a) Readers and critics ignored its existence until ten years ago.
(b) Readers and critics were more likely to praise and study it.
(c) Readers and critics extolled it as the single best novel of the Western hemisphere.
(d) Readers and critics reaffirmed the initial 18th-century response.

2. What does Madame de Volanges say about Valmont to Madame de Tourvel in letter 9?
(a) Valmont has an addiction to gambling.
(b) Valmont is trustworthy and honest.
(c) Valmont has an excellent reputation around town.
(d) Valmont is dangerous and deceitful.

3. What does Madame de Tourvel tell Madame de Volanges she will do to get rid of Valmont?
(a) She will blackmail and humiliate him.
(b) She will leave Madame de Rosemonde's estate.
(c) She will ask him to leave his aunt's estate.
(d) She will fake her own death.

4. How does Valmont force Madame de Tourvel's maid to help with his plans?
(a) He humiliates her by forcing her to be naked.
(b) He threatens to blackmail her.
(c) He rapes her.
(d) He bribes her with 400 francs.

5. Whom does Valmont plan to seduce?
(a) Josephine.
(b) Merteuil.
(c) Madame de Tourvel.
(d) Madame de Volanges.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Valmont ask Madame de Tourvel to do in letter 35?

2. How does Cécile generally feel about the prospect of soon being married?

3. How does Danceny give his first note to Cécile?

4. What does Merteuil tell Cécile when they attend the opera together?

5. What euphemism does Merteuil use to refer to her lover?

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