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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Letters 16 - 50.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Danceny's letter 28 accuse Cécile of?
(a) Being ignorant about his feelings.
(b) Being heartless and pitiless toward him.
(c) Being rude and condescending in her letters.
(d) Being flirtatious with other men.

2. What does Madame de Volanges say about Valmont to Madame de Tourvel in letter 9?
(a) Valmont is trustworthy and honest.
(b) Valmont has an excellent reputation around town.
(c) Valmont has an addiction to gambling.
(d) Valmont is dangerous and deceitful.

3. Who wrote the Publisher's Foreword to _Les Liasons Dangerueses_?
(a) Choderlos de Laclos.
(b) Laclos' wife, Marie-Soulange Duperré.
(c) The Duke d'Orleans.
(d) The owner of the shop in which the book was printed.

4. Whom does Cécile's mother intend for her to marry?
(a) The Chevalier Danceny.
(b) The Vicomte de Valmont.
(c) The Comte de Gercourt.
(d) Monsieur de Prévan.

5. Whom does Valmont plan to seduce?
(a) Madame de Volanges.
(b) Madame de Tourvel.
(c) Merteuil.
(d) Josephine.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Merteuil tell Cécile when they attend the opera together?

2. What does Merteuil do to get herself in the mood for sex with her lover?

3. What does Madame de Tourvel promise to Madame de Volanges in letter 11?

4. How does Cécile initially feel about Danceny?

5. How did Laclos' contemporary critics feel his novel would impact society?

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