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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Letters 101 - 124.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whom does Valmont plan to seduce?
(a) Madame de Volanges.
(b) Josephine.
(c) Merteuil.
(d) Madame de Tourvel.

2. Why is Merteuil's maid trustworthy?
(a) Merteuil pays the maid an exorbitant salary for her cooperation.
(b) Merteuil threatened to kill the maid if she betrays Merteuil.
(c) The maid is Merteuil's daughter.
(d) Merteuil knows her maid's greatest secret.

3. What does Merteuil advise Cécile to do after being raped by Valmont?
(a) Give into despair.
(b) Keep the event secret from Danceny and elope with him.
(c) Give into pleasure and take Valmont as a lover.
(d) Confess everything to her mother and ask for forgiveness.

4. How did Merteuil approach sex on her wedding night?
(a) As a trial to overcome.
(b) As an experience to observe.
(c) As a horrifying violation to fear.
(d) As a boring chore to complete.

5. What message does the Publisher's Foreword give?
(a) It warns the readers that this is a dangerous novel.
(b) It offers a comic summary of the novel.
(c) It encourages readers to thoroughly enjoy the novel
(d) It asserts the reality and truth of the novel's events.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Madame de Volanges discover about her daughter?

2. Who does Valmont trick to spend time with the Vicomtesse de M?

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

4. What did the person whom Valmont sent to Madame de Tourvel do?

5. What physical condition makes it difficult for Madame de Rosemonde to write letters?

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