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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Letters 125 - 150.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens to Cécile when Valmont's door opens while they are together?
(a) She faints, then wakes to formulate an explanation.
(b) She goes mad and must be institutionalized.
(c) She decides to run away and live on the streets.
(d) She has a seizure and miscarries.

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

3. With whom does Valmont conspire to trick and humiliate a new acquaintance?
(a) Émilie.
(b) Madame de Volanges.
(c) Cécile.
(d) Merteuil.

4. What does Merteuil think is dull above all else?
(a) Women who sleep with men only because they can't say "no."
(b) Men who attract women through their intellect, not their personalities.
(c) Women whose coyness borders on rude dismissiveness.
(d) Men who only use one method of seduction over and over.

5. How does Valmont and Madame de Tourvel's first sexual encounter go?
(a) She faints and he rapes her.
(b) They are interrupted by a servant halfway through.
(c) She surprises him with her refined technique.
(d) It is a mutually satisfying experience.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom does Merteuil want to manipulate into a relationship with Cécile?

2. How does Cécile respond to Merteuil's advice about her relationship with Valmont?

3. How does Valmont spy on Madame de Tourvel?

4. What does Danceny complain to Merteuil about in letter 118?

5. What does Valmont do when alone with Cécile in her room?

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