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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I: Letters 1 through 15.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the school-friend to whom Cécile writes?
(a) Eliza.
(b) Francoise.
(c) Émilie.
(d) Sophie.

2. What does Merteuil do to get herself in the mood for sex with her lover?
(a) She gazes at herself in the mirror.
(b) She reads.
(c) She daydreams.
(d) She drinks wine.

3. Which place in the social hierarchy did Laclos' family occupy?
(a) The peasant class.
(b) The lowest form of nobility.
(c) The clergy.
(d) The highest form of the gentry.

4. What does Laclos favor over the well-trained mind?
(a) A feeling heart.
(b) A sense of humor.
(c) A high social station.
(d) A stout constitution.

5. Into which main form(s) was __Les Liaisons Dangereuses_ reproduced in the 20th century?
(a) Plays and film adaptations.
(b) Lyric poetry.
(c) Factual memoirs.
(d) Novellas.

Short Answer Questions

1. What common subjects of social satire is the novel clearly lacking, according to Coward?

2. Where does Cécile live before coming home to Paris?

3. What does "libertine" generally refer to in 18th-century France?

4. How did French society view Laclos after the publication of _Les Liaisons Dangereuses_?

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

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