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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Whom does Valmont plan to seduce?
(a) Madame de Tourvel.
(b) Merteuil.
(c) Josephine.
(d) Madame de Volanges.
2. According to Merteuil in letter 10, which pretext do women use to submit to sexual pleasure with a man?
(a) Women allow themselves to be raped.
(b) Women initiate their own seductions.
(c) Women come to secret agreements with their lovers.
(d) Women use the excuse of weak-mindedness.
3. What idea does Merteuil plant in Cécile's head after the revelation of her and Danceny's love?
(a) Running away with Danceny.
(b) Becoming a nun.
(c) Seeing Danceny in secret.
(d) Shifting her desire to Valmont.
4. Who are the two people Cécile admits she likes best?
(a) Danceny and Madame de Volanges.
(b) Merteuil and Danceny.
(c) Merteuil and Madame de Rosemonde.
(d) Valmont and Merteuil.
5. How does Valmont give Cécile her letter from Danceny?
(a) He tosses it in her lap.
(b) He reads it aloud.
(c) He slips it under her bedroom door.
(d) He gives it to her on a walk in the countryside.
Short Answer Questions
1. Who or what does Coward see as at fault for the events of the novel?
2. Who wrote the Publisher's Foreword to _Les Liasons Dangerueses_?
3. How does Valmont spy on Madame de Tourvel?
4. Whom does Merteuil want to manipulate into a relationship with Cécile?
5. What does Merteuil think is Valmont's greatest flaw in his plan of seduction?
Short Essay Questions
1. What defines or designates the "libertine" literary tradition?
2. How does Valmont describe Madame de Tourvel?
3. What does Merteuil assert is the reason women become "victims" of seduction?
4. What are Merteuil and Valmont's plans for Danceny and Cécile at the beginning of Part II?
5. Describe Cécile de Volanges.
6. Who is Merteuil's "knight," and what does she think of him?
7. How does Madame de Tourvel respond to Madame de Volanges' warning about Valmont?
8. What does Valmont essentially tell Merteuil about their relationship with each other in letter 15?
9. What were Laclos' general views on politics and gender relations?
10. How does the Publisher's Foreword introduce the novel?
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