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

2. How does Coward recommend the novel should be criticized?
(a) By placing the novel only in the context of 18th-century France.
(b) By referencing only the text itself, and no outside information.
(c) By using a variety of critical theories and methodologies.
(d) By employing only what the reader knows about Laclos' life.

3. What was the beginning of Laclos' military career like?
(a) He fought constantly in the Seven Years' War.
(b) He became a decorated hero and military adviser to the King.
(c) He was garrisoned in provincial towns and saw no battle action.
(d) He set sail for India and China to support France's colonial efforts.

4. Who wrote the Publisher's Foreword to _Les Liasons Dangerueses_?
(a) The Duke d'Orleans.
(b) Choderlos de Laclos.
(c) The owner of the shop in which the book was printed.
(d) Laclos' wife, Marie-Soulange Duperré.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Merteuil call the woman Valmont wishes to seduce?

2. In letter 15, what does Valmont call Merteuil about her attentions to her current lover?

3. To whom does the Marquise de Merteuil confide her plots?

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

5. Who are the two people Cécile admits she likes best?

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