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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Madame de Volanges say about Valmont to Madame de Tourvel in letter 9?
(a) Valmont is trustworthy and honest.
(b) Valmont has an addiction to gambling.
(c) Valmont is dangerous and deceitful.
(d) Valmont has an excellent reputation around town.

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

3. In letter 20, what does Merteuil promise Valmont upon the success of his seduction of Madame de Tourvel?
(a) That she will introduce him to another young lady.
(b) That she will sleep with him.
(c) That she will never speak to him again.
(d) That she will admit he is better at seductions than she.

4. What does Merteuil do to get herself in the mood for sex with her lover?
(a) She reads.
(b) She daydreams.
(c) She drinks wine.
(d) She gazes at herself in the mirror.

5. What has been the effect of Madame de Tourvel's separation from Valmont?
(a) She finds another man to love.
(b) She realizes how much he manipulated her.
(c) She loves him more than ever.
(d) His memory receded from her mind.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Madame de Tourvel reveal to Valmont in letter 90?

3. What is Madame de Tourvel's reaction upon being left alone in her room with Valmont?

4. What does Madame de Rosemonde offer Madame de Tourvel in her return letter?

5. What literary tradition does Coward see as applicable?

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