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

2. What idea does Merteuil plant in Cécile's head after the revelation of her and Danceny's love?
(a) Seeing Danceny in secret.
(b) Running away with Danceny.
(c) Becoming a nun.
(d) Shifting her desire to Valmont.

3. What advice does Cécile's friend offer regarding Danceny's letter?
(a) Cécile should show the letter to her mother.
(b) Cécile should not respond.
(c) Cécile should reply and chastise Danceny for taking such a liberty.
(d) Cécile should reply immediately and assure Danceny of her love.

4. How does Valmont trick Madame de Volanges into receiving his second letter?
(a) He throws it on her lap while company visits, forcing her to grab it and hide it.
(b) He hides it in one of her letters, which she has asked him to return.
(c) He glues it inside her favorite book.
(d) He slips it under her door at night.

5. What literary tradition does Coward see as applicable?
(a) Romanticism.
(b) Sentimentality.
(c) Don Juanism.
(d) Elegiac poetry.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wrote the Publisher's Foreword to _Les Liasons Dangerueses_?

2. How does Madame de Tourvel react when Valmont professes his love?

3. In his other writings, what view did Laclos take of women?

4. Where is Madame de Tourvel staying while her husband is away?

5. What does Merteuil call the woman Valmont wishes to seduce?

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