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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 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 were more likely to praise and study it.
(c) Readers and critics extolled it as the single best novel of the Western hemisphere.
(d) Readers and critics ignored its existence until ten years ago.

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

3. How does Cécile generally feel about the prospect of soon being married?
(a) Excited, but confused.
(b) Depressed and dour.
(c) Haughty and snobbish.
(d) Anxious and frightened.

4. In letter 15, what does Valmont call Merteuil about her attentions to her current lover?
(a) He calls her gentle and caring.
(b) He calls her an attention seeker.
(c) He calls her a slave to another's pleasure.
(d) He calls her selfish and callous.

5. What is a "little house?"
(a) A temporary dwelling for those on the run from the law.
(b) The servants' quarters, attached to a large estate.
(c) A peasant hovel.
(d) A luxurious love-nest in the country.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Laclos favor over the well-trained mind?

2. What literary tradition does Coward see as applicable?

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

4. In letter 5, how does Merteuil react to Valmont's object of desire?

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

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