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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I: Letters 1 through 15.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who are the two people Cécile admits she likes best?
(a) Merteuil and Danceny.
(b) Danceny and Madame de Volanges.
(c) Merteuil and Madame de Rosemonde.
(d) Valmont and Merteuil.

2. What is an "epistolary novel?"
(a) A novel centering around a mythical being.
(b) A novel told from the perspective of a single character.
(c) A novel told through letters.
(d) A novel set in Medieval times.

3. Who or what does Coward see as at fault for the events of the novel?
(a) The pressures of the social caste system.
(b) The actions of individuals.
(c) The fate handed down by God.
(d) The natural, undeniable human sexual curiosity.

4. What does Madame de Tourvel promise to Madame de Volanges in letter 11?
(a) That she will consider no one's feelings, but her own.
(b) That she will treat Valmont coldly.
(c) That she will request that Valmont leave the estate.
(d) That she will do everything Valmont asks of her.

5. Whom does Merteuil want to manipulate into a relationship with Cécile?
(a) Azolan.
(b) Valmont.
(c) Monsieur de Tourvel.
(d) Danceny.

Short Answer Questions

1. In his other writings, what view did Laclos take of women?

2. What euphemism does Merteuil use to refer to her lover?

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

4. What else does David Coward, author of the Introduction, insist is a factor in libertine novels?

5. What does Laclos favor over the well-trained mind?

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