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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Letters 16 - 50.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Valmont act toward Madame de Tourvel, as reported in letter 11?
(a) He ignores her and barely speaks to her.
(b) He makes no attempt to conceal his lust.
(c) He regales her with licentious tales.
(d) He is gentlemanly and attentive.

2. With which philosophical movement of the 18th century is Laclos associated?
(a) The Age of Realism.
(b) The French Enlightenment.
(c) The French Victorian period.
(d) The Late Renaissance.

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

4. To whom does the Marquise de Merteuil confide her plots?
(a) Valmont.
(b) Madame de Volanges.
(c) Danceny.
(d) Madame de Tourvel.

5. Why must Cécile's marriage be postponed?
(a) Her fiancé is gravely ill.
(b) Her fiancé is away with his regiment.
(c) Cécile has second thoughts about marriage.
(d) Cécile plans to travel and further her education.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Madame de Tourvel react when Valmont professes his love?

2. What does Madame de Tourvel promise to Madame de Volanges in letter 11?

3. What does Merteuil do to get herself in the mood for sex with her lover?

4. Into which main form(s) was __Les Liaisons Dangereuses_ reproduced in the 20th century?

5. What does "libertine" generally refer to in 18th-century France?

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