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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Letters 151 - 175.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Merteuil call the woman Valmont wishes to seduce?
(a) A child.
(b) A trollop.
(c) A hag.
(d) A prude.

2. What does Valmont order Merteuil to do?
(a) Abandon her tutelage of Cécile.
(b) Abandon her affair with Danceny.
(c) Abandon her affair with Belleroche.
(d) Abandon her friendship with Madame de Volanges.

3. Whom does Cécile enlist as help in her escapades with her lover?
(a) Her old nurse.
(b) Valmont's butler.
(c) The house porter.
(d) Her mother's cook.

4. How did Merteuil become adept at controlling her facial features?
(a) Her time as an actress gave her opportunities to practice facial expressions.
(b) By observing how other people conceal what they think or feel.
(c) She woke up one day and was suddenly able to control her features.
(d) As a child, her tutor of manners was strict and taught her well.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Cécile think are pretty much the same thing?

2. What does Madame de Tourvel allow Valmont to do?

3. What is Madame de Tourvel's mindset in letter 161?

4. What message does the Publisher's Foreword give?

5. Who does Valmont trick to spend time with the Vicomtesse de M?

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