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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is Madame de Tourvel staying while her husband is away?
(a) At a home she owns in Paris.
(b) At a convent.
(c) With Madame de Rosemonde in the country.
(d) With Madame de Volanges in Paris.

2. Into which main form(s) was __Les Liaisons Dangereuses_ reproduced in the 20th century?
(a) Lyric poetry.
(b) Factual memoirs.
(c) Plays and film adaptations.
(d) Novellas.

3. Who are the two people Cécile admits she likes best?
(a) Merteuil and Danceny.
(b) Merteuil and Madame de Rosemonde.
(c) Danceny and Madame de Volanges.
(d) Valmont and Merteuil.

4. What does "libertine" generally refer to in 18th-century France?
(a) Conventional wisdom.
(b) Pious worship of God.
(c) Conservative political ideals.
(d) Sexual depravity.

5. What event does Valmont tell Madame de Tourvel secured his love for her?
(a) Meeting her for the first time.
(b) His charitable actions toward the peasants.
(c) Looking into her eyes on a starlit evening.
(d) Hearing of her piety from Madame de Rosemonde.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Coward characterize each "chapter" in __Les Liaisons Dangereuses_?

2. Who is the author of the Editor's Preface?

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

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

5. What does Merteuil call the woman Valmont wishes to seduce?

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