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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. What does Madame de Tourvel send to Madame de Rosemonde?
(a) A suicide note.
(b) Valmont's cruel letter.
(c) A lock of her own hair.
(d) Madame de Volanges' private correspondence.

2. What does Valmont know Merteuil dislikes reading about?
(a) She dislikes reading about Cécile's progress with Danceny.
(b) She dislikes reading about Valmont's progress with Madame de Tourvel.
(c) She dislikes reading about Valmont's past seductions.
(d) She dislikes reading Valmont's preachy advice.

3. 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 asks to speak to Danceny directly.
(c) She refuses to steal her mother's key.
(d) She agrees to Valmont's request for more time.

4. In letter 83, how does Valmont try to convince Madame de Tourvel to love him?
(a) He threatens to kill her husband if she does not love him.
(b) He threatens to kill himself if she will not love him.
(c) He argues that she is selfish and vain in refusing him.
(d) He asserts that all love, no matter what kind, is good.

5. What does Danceny do to Merteuil, as reported by Madame de Volanges in letter 168?
(a) He kills her in a fit of rage.
(b) He publishes two of her shocking letters.
(c) He decides to forget her and the pain she caused.
(d) He marries her in secret, then they run away to Italy.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why has Merteuil never remarried?

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

3. How does Madame de Rosemonde learn of Madame de Tourvel's death?

4. How does Madame de Tourvel feel about Valmont?

5. What does Danceny fear after reading Valmont's report?

Short Essay Questions

1. What subterfuge does Valmont suggest to Cécile in order to get Danceny's letters to her?

2. What is the general content of the letter Azolan, Valmont's valet, writes to Valmont?

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

4. Describe Merteuil's end in the novel.

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

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

7. How does Valmont manipulate Cécile and Danceny's relationship?

8. What is the reward Valmont claims from Merteuil, and how does Merteuil respond to this?

9. How did Merteuil develop into a master manipulator?

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

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