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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. How does Merteuil decide that Prévan is attempting to seduce her?
(a) She refuses to play cards, and he follows her lead.
(b) She eavesdrops on his conversation with the Bishop.
(c) She asks her friend, the Maréchale, whether Prévan mentioned her.
(d) She asks him directly whether he is interested in her, and he demurs.

2. What does Madame de Tourvel do that makes Valmont despair?
(a) She has in fact tricked and seduced him, instead of the other way around.
(b) She leaves the country estate without telling him.
(c) She sells her story of his seduction to the Paris newspapers.
(d) She chooses to have an affair with Danceny.

3. What is the ultimatum Valmont offers Merteuil?
(a) He offers a life of pleasure or a life of regret.
(b) He resolves to be either her lover or her enemy.
(c) He demands that she publish her collection of letters, or he will.
(d) He demands that she submit to him or die.

4. What does Valmont order Merteuil to do?
(a) Abandon her tutelage of Cécile.
(b) Abandon her affair with Danceny.
(c) Abandon her friendship with Madame de Volanges.
(d) Abandon her affair with Belleroche.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Madame de Rosemonde offer Madame de Tourvel in her return letter?

2. What does Valmont brag about to Merteuil at the beginning of Part IV?

3. What news does Bertrand bring to Madame de Rosemonde?

4. What is Merteuil careful to say in Prévan's hearing when they meet for the second time?

5. How does Cécile respond to Valmont's suggestion about their secret correspondence?

Short Essay Questions

1. Summarize the problem Madame de Tourvel sees preventing her and Valmont from having a relationship, and how Valmont circumvents her hesitation.

2. What is Merteuil's next plan for seduction? How does Valmont react?

3. What arguments does Valmont use to convince Madame de Tourvel to see him?

4. Describe Valmont's response to Merteuil's affair with Danceny.

5. How does Merteuil respond to Cécile's news about Valmont's actions?

6. How does Danceny explain his behavior to Madame de Rosemonde?

7. What event causes Madame de Tourvel to think Valmont does not love her? How does Valmont's respond?

8. Summarize the content of the "letter" that Merteuil dictates to Valmont about his apparent love of Madame de Tourvel.

9. What happens between Valmont and Madame de Tourvel that shocks and angers Valmont, and why does he react so strongly?

10. What news of Valmont does Madame de Rosemonde give Madame de Tourvel, and how does Madame de Tourvel react?

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