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

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

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

4. How does Cécile initially feel about Danceny?
(a) She hates his strict style of teaching.
(b) She likes him and wants to please him with her musical abilities.
(c) She falls deeply in love with him.
(d) She feels ambivalent about him and he bores her.

5. How did Laclos' contemporary critics feel his novel would impact society?
(a) The novel would offer scrupulous moral lessons.
(b) The novel would corrupt more people than it saved.
(c) The novel would challenge the political regime.
(d) The novel would showcase French literary talent.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Whom does Cécile's mother intend for her to marry?

3. In his other writings, what view did Laclos take of women?

4. Why is Cécile unable to go to the opera with Merteuil?

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

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