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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 Laclos favor over the well-trained mind?
(a) A stout constitution.
(b) A feeling heart.
(c) A high social station.
(d) A sense of humor.

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

3. Which place in the social hierarchy did Laclos' family occupy?
(a) The peasant class.
(b) The lowest form of nobility.
(c) The clergy.
(d) The highest form of the gentry.

4. What is the name of the school-friend to whom Cécile writes?
(a) Émilie.
(b) Francoise.
(c) Eliza.
(d) Sophie.

5. How does Valmont make sure that Madame de Tourvel will read his first letter?
(a) He gives it to her maid to deliver to her.
(b) He hides it in her writing desk so she will see it.
(c) He corners her and reads it aloud.
(d) He leaves it in plain sight so she is forced to take it.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Madame de Volanges say about Valmont to Madame de Tourvel in letter 9?

2. In letter 15, what does Valmont call Merteuil about her attentions to her current lover?

3. Why does Valmont think it possible to seduce this woman?

4. How does Cécile generally feel about the prospect of soon being married?

5. How was __Les Liaisons Dangereuses_ treated after the turn of the 20th century?

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