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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 Tourvel promise to Madame de Volanges in letter 11?
(a) That she will do everything Valmont asks of her.
(b) That she will consider no one's feelings, but her own.
(c) That she will treat Valmont coldly.
(d) That she will request that Valmont leave the estate.

2. What is the tone of Cécile's letter to Merteuil after her encounter with Valmont?
(a) Quiet and reserved.
(b) Ashamed and confused.
(c) Excited and jocular.
(d) Proud and haughty.

3. For what does Cécile blame herself the most?
(a) She broke a promise to Valmont.
(b) She thinks she should have resisted Valmont more.
(c) She thinks her mother was sad and disappointed.
(d) She thinks of Danceny too much.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom does Valmont's valet count on to get him access to Madame de Tourvel?

2. To whom does the Marquise de Merteuil confide her plots?

3. With which philosophical movement of the 18th century is Laclos associated?

4. Whom does Danceny trust to help him continue his relationship with Cécile?

5. What does Merteuil assert that Madame de Tourvel is doing to Valmont?

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