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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Letters 125 - 150.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In letter 20, what does Merteuil promise Valmont upon the success of his seduction of Madame de Tourvel?
(a) That she will sleep with him.
(b) That she will never speak to him again.
(c) That she will introduce him to another young lady.
(d) That she will admit he is better at seductions than she.

2. How does Valmont and Madame de Tourvel's first sexual encounter go?
(a) It is a mutually satisfying experience.
(b) She faints and he rapes her.
(c) They are interrupted by a servant halfway through.
(d) She surprises him with her refined technique.

3. Which category of women does Merteuil consider the most worthwhile?
(a) Independent, intelligent women of character.
(b) Middle-aged, hardened, despairing women.
(c) Young, pretty, dull women.
(d) Mysterious, enigmatic widows.

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

5. How was __Les Liaisons Dangereuses_ treated after the turn of the 20th century?
(a) Readers and critics were more likely to praise and study it.
(b) Readers and critics ignored its existence until ten years ago.
(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.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What else does David Coward, author of the Introduction, insist is a factor in libertine novels?

3. Why is Merteuil's maid trustworthy?

4. In letter 52, what does Valmont accuse Madame de Tourvel of slandering?

5. What does Madame de Volanges threaten to do to Danceny?

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