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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 Madame de Tourvel promise to Madame de Volanges in letter 11?
(a) That she will consider no one's feelings, but her own.
(b) That she will treat Valmont coldly.
(c) That she will request that Valmont leave the estate.
(d) That she will do everything Valmont asks of her.

2. How do today's readers of Laclos interpret his novel?
(a) They neglect several characters and only focus on one or two.
(b) They cannot agree on the ambiguous meanings and motivations of the characters.
(c) They always apply Laclos' personal history to the meaning of the novel.
(d) They find that each character has definite motivations.

3. How did French society view Laclos after the publication of _Les Liaisons Dangereuses_?
(a) As a "genius."
(b) As a "monster."
(c) As a "saint."
(d) As a "mystery."

4. Where does Cécile live before coming home to Paris?
(a) At a convent.
(b) With her elderly aunt.
(c) On the streets.
(d) With a family friend.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom does Valmont plan to seduce?

2. What does Madame de Volanges say about Valmont to Madame de Tourvel in letter 9?

3. What message does the Publisher's Foreword give?

4. What euphemism does Merteuil use to refer to her lover?

5. Who or what does Coward see as at fault for the events of the novel?

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