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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Valmont spy on Madame de Tourvel?
(a) He uses a listening device in the room next to hers.
(b) He peeps through the keyhole of her room.
(c) He climbs a balcony to look through her window.
(d) He hides behind a tapestry in her room.

2. As of letter 44, what has Madame de Tourvel done with Valmont's letters?
(a) Sent them to Madame de Volanges as evidence against Valmont.
(b) Saved and repaired them.
(c) Burnt them.
(d) Left them all unread and ignored.

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

4. Who wrote the Publisher's Foreword to _Les Liasons Dangerueses_?
(a) Choderlos de Laclos.
(b) The Duke d'Orleans.
(c) The owner of the shop in which the book was printed.
(d) Laclos' wife, Marie-Soulange Duperré.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. With whom does Valmont conspire to trick and humiliate a new acquaintance?

2. Whom does Danceny trust to help him continue his relationship with Cécile?

3. In letter 15, what does Valmont call Merteuil about her attentions to her current lover?

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

5. What does Madame de Volanges threaten to do to Danceny?

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