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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Valmont brag about to Merteuil at the beginning of Part IV?
(a) He successfully seduced Madame de Tourvel.
(b) He made Cécile his love-slave.
(c) He publicly humiliated Madame de Volanges.
(d) He wounded Danceny in a duel.

2. What action does Valmont propose to Cécile to facilitate their secret correspondence?
(a) Cécile and Danceny should disguise their handwriting and use the regular postal service.
(b) Cécile and Valmont should not write, but only speak privately.
(c) Cécile should suggest that her mother leave Cécile alone at the country estate.
(d) Cécile should steal her mother's key to Cécile's own room.

3. What does Merteuil advise Cécile to do after being raped by Valmont?
(a) Confess everything to her mother and ask for forgiveness.
(b) Give into pleasure and take Valmont as a lover.
(c) Give into despair.
(d) Keep the event secret from Danceny and elope with him.

4. What does Danceny resolve to do at the end of the novel?
(a) Collect the letters from everyone and publish them.
(b) Take vows as a member of the Knights of Malta.
(c) Pine away and die a lonely, pitiful death.
(d) Continue to love Cécile from afar until his dying day.

5. What advice does Madame de Volanges ask of Merteuil?
(a) Whether she should move up the date of her daughter's wedding.
(b) Whether she should ban Valmont from her home.
(c) Whether she should leave for Paris with Cécile.
(d) Whether she should allow her daughter to marry Danceny.

6. What has been the effect of Madame de Tourvel's separation from Valmont?
(a) She loves him more than ever.
(b) She finds another man to love.
(c) She realizes how much he manipulated her.
(d) His memory receded from her mind.

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

8. What does Valmont suspect about Cécile?
(a) That she is carrying on with Danceny.
(b) That she has seduced him.
(c) That she is unwittingly pregnant.
(d) That she has fallen in love with him.

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

10. What has Merteuil begun to think about Belleroche?
(a) She thinks he is a better lover than Valmont.
(b) She has suspicions that he has another lover.
(c) She becomes tired of him and needs a break.
(d) She considers marrying him.

11. What physical condition makes it difficult for Madame de Rosemonde to write letters?
(a) Blindness.
(b) Influenza.
(c) Rheumatism.
(d) Dementia.

12. How did Merteuil approach sex on her wedding night?
(a) As a trial to overcome.
(b) As an experience to observe.
(c) As a horrifying violation to fear.
(d) As a boring chore to complete.

13. What about Valmont worries Madame de Tourvel?
(a) His plans to travel to Italy.
(b) The state of his health.
(c) His lack of interest in her.
(d) His relationship with Cécile.

14. What does Danceny fear after reading Valmont's report?
(a) That Cécile loves Valmont.
(b) That Cécile dies.
(c) That Cécile no longer loves him.
(d) That Cécile needs to go back to the convent.

15. How does Cécile respond to Valmont's suggestion about their secret correspondence?
(a) She suggests they use a third party to pass their letters.
(b) She refuses to steal her mother's key.
(c) She asks to speak to Danceny directly.
(d) She agrees to Valmont's request for more time.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Merteuil's maid trustworthy?

2. How does Danceny respond upon learning of Valmont's treachery?

3. How does Madame de Rosemonde respond to Madame de Tourvel's news concerning herself and Valmont?

4. How long has Valmont spent seducing Madame de Tourvel?

5. What reflection does Madame de Rosemonde offer to Danceny in letter 171?

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