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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 act toward Madame de Tourvel, as reported in letter 11?
(a) He is gentlemanly and attentive.
(b) He makes no attempt to conceal his lust.
(c) He ignores her and barely speaks to her.
(d) He regales her with licentious tales.

2. What does Cécile tell Danceny in letter 49?
(a) That she wants to continue their relationship.
(b) That her duty to God and her future husband prevent her from being with him.
(c) That Merteuil convinced her to continue writing to him.
(d) That she will meet him at a secret location to consummate their love.

3. What was Laclos' relationship with his own wife and children?
(a) He was cold and distant.
(b) He was timid and shy.
(c) He was warm and loving.
(d) He was harsh and abusive.

4. How was __Les Liaisons Dangereuses_ treated after the turn of the 20th century?
(a) Readers and critics were more likely to praise and study it.
(b) Readers and critics ignored its existence until ten years ago.
(c) Readers and critics extolled it as the single best novel of the Western hemisphere.
(d) Readers and critics reaffirmed the initial 18th-century response.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Cécile live before coming home to Paris?

2. Whom does Valmont plan to seduce?

3. What does Valmont say is notable about the man pursuing Merteuil?

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

5. What else does David Coward, author of the Introduction, insist is a factor in libertine novels?

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