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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 does Madame de Tourvel reveal to Valmont in letter 90?
(a) That she is dying.
(b) That she hates him.
(c) That she needs to leave the country.
(d) That she loves him.

2. How does Valmont spy on Madame de Tourvel?
(a) He peeps through the keyhole of her room.
(b) He climbs a balcony to look through her window.
(c) He hides behind a tapestry in her room.
(d) He uses a listening device in the room next to hers.

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

4. How did Laclos' contemporary critics feel his novel would impact society?
(a) The novel would showcase French literary talent.
(b) The novel would corrupt more people than it saved.
(c) The novel would offer scrupulous moral lessons.
(d) The novel would challenge the political regime.

5. How does Valmont give Cécile her letter from Danceny?
(a) He tosses it in her lap.
(b) He slips it under her bedroom door.
(c) He gives it to her on a walk in the countryside.
(d) He reads it aloud.

Short Answer Questions

1. In letter 147, what startling news does Madame de Volanges notify Madame de Rosemonde of?

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

3. What does Madame de Rosemonde warn Madame de Tourvel about in letter 126?

4. What has Merteuil begun to think about Belleroche?

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

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