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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who notified Madame de Volanges of Cécile and Danceny's romance?
(a) Madame de Tourvel.
(b) Cécile, accidentally.
(c) Valmont.
(d) Merteuil.

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

3. What occurs in the tale of seduction Valmont tells Merteuil in letter 79?
(a) One woman seduces three brothers.
(b) The many mistresses of the King.
(c) Three couples get hoodwinked by one man.
(d) Valmont himself and two unnamed women.

4. What is the name of the school-friend to whom Cécile writes?
(a) Sophie.
(b) Eliza.
(c) Émilie.
(d) Francoise.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Valmont spy on Madame de Tourvel?

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

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

4. Whom does Cécile's mother intend for her to marry?

5. With which philosophical movement of the 18th century is Laclos associated?

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