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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 does Merteuil call the woman Valmont wishes to seduce?
(a) A prude.
(b) A child.
(c) A hag.
(d) A trollop.

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

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

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

5. What message does the Publisher's Foreword give?
(a) It warns the readers that this is a dangerous novel.
(b) It asserts the reality and truth of the novel's events.
(c) It encourages readers to thoroughly enjoy the novel
(d) It offers a comic summary of the novel.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What literary tradition does Coward see as applicable?

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

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

5. How does Cécile initially feel about Danceny?

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