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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Letters 51 - 80.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Cécile think are pretty much the same thing?
(a) Sex and love.
(b) Friendship and marriage.
(c) Friendship and love.
(d) Innocence and ignorance.

2. What does the author of the Editor's Preface claim he has done?
(a) Written all the letters himself, from the perspective of fictional characters.
(b) Written the story of his own group of friends into the form of letters.
(c) Collected and organized real letters, and provided occasional notes.
(d) Translated these letters from another language into French.

3. What common subjects of social satire is the novel clearly lacking, according to Coward?
(a) Servants and peasants.
(b) Adult males, financiers, and clergymen.
(c) Innocent young women and men.
(d) Artists, musicians, and stage actors.

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

5. According to Merteuil in letter 10, which pretext do women use to submit to sexual pleasure with a man?
(a) Women come to secret agreements with their lovers.
(b) Women use the excuse of weak-mindedness.
(c) Women allow themselves to be raped.
(d) Women initiate their own seductions.

Short Answer Questions

1. In letter 26, what does Madame de Tourvel blame on her impassioned outburst?

2. How does Coward recommend the novel should be criticized?

3. What does Danceny refuse to do, despite Madame de Volanges' request?

4. Who are the two people Cécile admits she likes best?

5. What ruse does Valmont use to attempt to secretly rifle through Madame de Tourvel's letters?

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