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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Coward recommend the novel should be criticized?
(a) By using a variety of critical theories and methodologies.
(b) By employing only what the reader knows about Laclos' life.
(c) By placing the novel only in the context of 18th-century France.
(d) By referencing only the text itself, and no outside information.

2. Who are the two people Cécile admits she likes best?
(a) Valmont and Merteuil.
(b) Danceny and Madame de Volanges.
(c) Merteuil and Madame de Rosemonde.
(d) Merteuil and Danceny.

3. What does Madame de Tourvel regret in letter 124?
(a) That she must agree to whatever Valmont asks of her.
(b) That she lost Madame de Rosemonde's respect.
(c) That Valmont returned all her letters instead of keeping them.
(d) That she must be forever miserable for sacrificing Valmont.

4. What does Madame de Rosemonde offer Madame de Tourvel in her return letter?
(a) Happiness, joy, and congratulations.
(b) Censure, chastisement, and disappointment.
(c) Confusion, curiosity, and ignorance.
(d) Understanding, forgiveness, and hope.

5. What is the first action Valmont takes to make Madame de Tourvel look favorably upon him?
(a) He expresses interest in a position in the Church.
(b) He pays a peasant family's back taxes.
(c) He disarms a burglar at the estate.
(d) He leaps to his aunt's aid when she falls.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which place in the social hierarchy did Laclos' family occupy?

2. How does Danceny give his first note to Cécile?

3. How does Madame de Tourvel react when Valmont professes his love?

4. What euphemism does Merteuil use to refer to her lover?

5. Why, says Madame de Tourvel in letter 78, was she wary toward Valmont when they first met?

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