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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Letters 51 - 80.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What advice does Cécile's friend offer regarding Danceny's letter?
(a) Cécile should not respond.
(b) Cécile should reply immediately and assure Danceny of her love.
(c) Cécile should show the letter to her mother.
(d) Cécile should reply and chastise Danceny for taking such a liberty.

2. What occurs in the tale of seduction Valmont tells Merteuil in letter 79?
(a) One woman seduces three brothers.
(b) Valmont himself and two unnamed women.
(c) The many mistresses of the King.
(d) Three couples get hoodwinked by one man.

3. What does Madame de Tourvel tell Madame de Volanges she will do to get rid of Valmont?
(a) She will fake her own death.
(b) She will leave Madame de Rosemonde's estate.
(c) She will ask him to leave his aunt's estate.
(d) She will blackmail and humiliate him.

4. How does Valmont contrive to grope the woman he wants to seduce?
(a) By carrying her across a ditch.
(b) By pretending to stumble into her.
(c) By helping her mount a horse.
(d) By grabbing her from behind.

5. According to Merteuil in letter 10, which pretext do women use to submit to sexual pleasure with a man?
(a) Women allow themselves to be raped.
(b) Women come to secret agreements with their lovers.
(c) Women use the excuse of weak-mindedness.
(d) Women initiate their own seductions.

Short Answer Questions

1. What message does the Publisher's Foreword give?

2. What does the author of the Editor's Preface claim he has done?

3. Into which main form(s) was __Les Liaisons Dangereuses_ reproduced in the 20th century?

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

5. Where is Madame de Tourvel staying while her husband is away?

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