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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Valmont force Madame de Tourvel's maid to help with his plans?
(a) He rapes her.
(b) He humiliates her by forcing her to be naked.
(c) He threatens to blackmail her.
(d) He bribes her with 400 francs.

2. What event does Madame de Volanges' sudden illness threaten?
(a) Merteuil's meeting with Valmont.
(b) Danceny's meeting with Madame de Tourvel.
(c) Cécile's meeting with Valmont.
(d) Cécile's secret meeting with Danceny.

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

4. What does Madame de Volanges discover about her daughter?
(a) She has been having sex with Valmont.
(b) She has been corresponding with Danceny.
(c) She has been disrespectful to God.
(d) She has been spending her inheritance foolishly.

5. Whom does Merteuil target for her next seduction?
(a) Bertram.
(b) Valmont.
(c) Gercourt.
(d) Danceny.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Merteuil think is dull above all else?

2. What is the name of the school-friend to whom Cécile writes?

3. What does Danceny's letter 28 accuse Cécile of?

4. Why is Merteuil's maid trustworthy?

5. What is a "little house?"

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