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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 is the tone of Cécile's letter to Merteuil after her encounter with Valmont?
(a) Excited and jocular.
(b) Ashamed and confused.
(c) Proud and haughty.
(d) Quiet and reserved.

2. What does Valmont do when alone with Cécile in her room?
(a) He comforts her.
(b) He lectures her.
(c) He rapes her.
(d) He terrorizes her.

3. Who is Valmont's valet?
(a) Azolan.
(b) Gerard.
(c) Philippe.
(d) Bertram.

4. What does Valmont entice Danceny to do?
(a) Apologize to Madame de Volanges for leading her daughter astray.
(b) Choose Merteuil, an experienced lover, over Cécile, an ignorant girl.
(c) Abandon his excursion with Merteuil in favor of secretly meeting with Cécile.
(d) Use one of Cécile's maids as a way to practice his sexual technique.

5. How long has Valmont spent seducing Madame de Tourvel?
(a) Three months.
(b) Six months.
(c) Several weeks.
(d) A year.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to Cécile when Valmont's door opens while they are together?

2. Why is Merteuil's maid trustworthy?

3. What has Merteuil begun to think about Belleroche?

4. What did the person whom Valmont sent to Madame de Tourvel do?

5. How does Merteuil think of Madame de Tourvel?

Short Essay Questions

1. Summarize Merteuil's tale of her ruination of Prévan's.

2. Whom does Valmont enlist to help him communicate and meet with Madame de Tourvel? How does this person respond?

3. Describe what Valmont does when he gets the key to Cécile's room.

4. What is the content and tone of Danceny's letters to Merteuil?

5. Describe Merteuil's end in the novel.

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

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

8. What is Madame de Rosemonde's advice to Madame de Tourvel regarding her feelings for Valmont?

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

10. Summarize Bertrand's letters to Madame de Rosemonde.

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