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

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

3. How did Merteuil become adept at controlling her facial features?
(a) Her time as an actress gave her opportunities to practice facial expressions.
(b) By observing how other people conceal what they think or feel.
(c) She woke up one day and was suddenly able to control her features.
(d) As a child, her tutor of manners was strict and taught her well.

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

5. By letter 148, whom has Danceny taken as a lover?
(a) Cécile.
(b) Merteuil.
(c) Julie.
(d) Rosalind.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Danceny resolve to do at the end of the novel?

3. Whom does Merteuil target for her next seduction?

4. What advice does Madame de Volanges ask of Merteuil?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. What does Valmont vow about his seduction of Madame de Tourvel, and how does he plan to carry out his plan?

7. How did Merteuil develop into a master manipulator?

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

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

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

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