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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. With what circumstance is Danceny most frustrated?
(a) His inability to express his feelings to Cécile.
(b) The weather prevents him from traveling.
(c) The inconvenience of being stuck in Paris for business matters.
(d) Valmont's apparent silence on Danceny and Cécile's affair.

2. What is the first action Valmont takes to make Madame de Tourvel look favorably upon him?
(a) He pays a peasant family's back taxes.
(b) He leaps to his aunt's aid when she falls.
(c) He expresses interest in a position in the Church.
(d) He disarms a burglar at the estate.

3. How did French society view Laclos after the publication of _Les Liaisons Dangereuses_?
(a) As a "genius."
(b) As a "mystery."
(c) As a "monster."
(d) As a "saint."

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

5. What else does David Coward, author of the Introduction, insist is a factor in libertine novels?
(a) The provocation of social mores.
(b) The reinforcement of ancient wisdom.
(c) The questioning of humanity's purpose on earth.
(d) The surrealist confusion of society.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Valmont force Madame de Tourvel's maid to help with his plans?

2. What does Cécile think are pretty much the same thing?

3. In letter 52, what does Valmont accuse Madame de Tourvel of slandering?

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

5. What event does Valmont tell Madame de Tourvel secured his love for her?

(see the answer key)

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