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

2. Whom does Cécile's mother intend for her to marry?
(a) Monsieur de Prévan.
(b) The Vicomte de Valmont.
(c) The Chevalier Danceny.
(d) The Comte de Gercourt.

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

4. What is an "epistolary novel?"
(a) A novel set in Medieval times.
(b) A novel told through letters.
(c) A novel told from the perspective of a single character.
(d) A novel centering around a mythical being.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Valmont contrive to grope the woman he wants to seduce?

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

3. With which philosophical movement of the 18th century is Laclos associated?

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

5. How does Valmont act toward Madame de Tourvel, as reported in letter 11?

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