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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 Merteuil think of Madame de Tourvel?
(a) As a no-good whore.
(b) As a rival whom she defeated.
(c) As a pupil whom she trained.
(d) As a sorry case to be pitied.

2. What has Merteuil tricked Cécile into doing?
(a) Telling Madame de Volanges about her love for Danceny.
(b) Meeting with Danceny alone.
(c) Refusing to marry the Comte de Gercourt.
(d) Sleeping with Valmont.

3. What does Merteuil advise Valmont to tell Madame de Tourvel?
(a) Her beauty has been diminished by her recent anger.
(b) He is leaving the country because he can no longer stand her.
(c) He wants to duel her husband in order to marry her.
(d) He no longer loves her, but it's not his fault.

4. What is the name of the school-friend to whom Cécile writes?
(a) Sophie.
(b) Eliza.
(c) Émilie.
(d) Francoise.

5. Which place in the social hierarchy did Laclos' family occupy?
(a) The lowest form of nobility.
(b) The peasant class.
(c) The highest form of the gentry.
(d) The clergy.

Short Answer Questions

1. How was __Les Liaisons Dangereuses_ treated after the turn of the 20th century?

2. How does Merteuil's story end?

3. What is the main rule of Valmont's and Merteuil's seductions?

4. What does Cécile assert to Danceny after his letter reveals his suspicions?

5. What was the beginning of Laclos' military career like?

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