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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. What does "libertine" generally refer to in 18th-century France?
(a) Conventional wisdom.
(b) Pious worship of God.
(c) Conservative political ideals.
(d) Sexual depravity.

2. To whom does the Marquise de Merteuil confide her plots?
(a) Madame de Tourvel.
(b) Valmont.
(c) Danceny.
(d) Madame de Volanges.

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

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

5. How does Coward recommend the novel should be criticized?
(a) By using a variety of critical theories and methodologies.
(b) By employing only what the reader knows about Laclos' life.
(c) By referencing only the text itself, and no outside information.
(d) By placing the novel only in the context of 18th-century France.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom does Valmont plan to seduce?

2. Whom does Cécile's mother intend for her to marry?

3. How does Valmont contrive to grope the woman he wants to seduce?

4. How did French society view Laclos after the publication of _Les Liaisons Dangereuses_?

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

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