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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 the unsigned note to Danceny communicate?
(a) It warns him that charges may be laid against him.
(b) It suggests that he elope with Cécile.
(c) It vehemently accuses him of devilish acts.
(d) It asks him for forgiveness for Valmont's actions.

2. What does Merteuil advise Madame de Volanges regarding Cécile?
(a) To shut her away in a convent.
(b) To disown her and throw her out on the street.
(c) To allow her to elope with Danceny.
(d) To maintain her engagement to Gercourt.

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

4. 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.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Valmont ask Madame de Tourvel to do in letter 35?

2. Why does Valmont think it possible to seduce this woman?

3. What does Madame de Tourvel reveal to Valmont in letter 90?

4. In letter 20, what does Merteuil promise Valmont upon the success of his seduction of Madame de Tourvel?

5. What does "libertine" generally refer to in 18th-century France?

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