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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 advice does Valmont give to Madame de Tourvel?
(a) Succumb to desire and she will pay the price.
(b) Desert her husband, in order to marry Valmont.
(c) Love, and her fears will vanish.
(d) Tell others of his love for Valmont, and they will understand.

2. How do today's readers of Laclos interpret his novel?
(a) They always apply Laclos' personal history to the meaning of the novel.
(b) They find that each character has definite motivations.
(c) They cannot agree on the ambiguous meanings and motivations of the characters.
(d) They neglect several characters and only focus on one or two.

3. How does Valmont make sure that Madame de Tourvel will read his first letter?
(a) He hides it in her writing desk so she will see it.
(b) He corners her and reads it aloud.
(c) He gives it to her maid to deliver to her.
(d) He leaves it in plain sight so she is forced to take it.

4. How does Coward characterize each "chapter" in __Les Liaisons Dangereuses_?
(a) They are "stodgy."
(b) They are "theatrical."
(c) They are "identical to one another."
(d) They are "flighty."

5. Why is Cécile unable to go to the opera with Merteuil?
(a) Madame de Volanges is suspicious of her daughter.
(b) Madame de Volanges does not approve of the opera.
(c) Madame de Volanges is ill and wishes her daughter to stay with her.
(d) Madame de Volanges prohibits her daughter from seeing Merteuil.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Valmont teach Cécile when they are alone together?

2. How does Valmont avoid detection of his and the Vicomtesse's dalliance?

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

4. Why is Merteuil's maid trustworthy?

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

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