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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Letters 101 - 124.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What literary tradition does Coward see as applicable?
(a) Don Juanism.
(b) Romanticism.
(c) Sentimentality.
(d) Elegiac poetry.

2. According to the author of the Editor's Preface, what is the value of a work of literature?
(a) Its moral obligation to society.
(b) The opportunity it offers its readers to escape their dull, daily lives.
(c) The price it can be sold at; the wealth it can bring its author.
(d) Its usefulness to society and/or the pleasure it gives its readers.

3. Why is Merteuil's maid trustworthy?
(a) Merteuil pays the maid an exorbitant salary for her cooperation.
(b) The maid is Merteuil's daughter.
(c) Merteuil knows her maid's greatest secret.
(d) Merteuil threatened to kill the maid if she betrays Merteuil.

4. What does Danceny fear after reading Valmont's report?
(a) That Cécile no longer loves him.
(b) That Cécile loves Valmont.
(c) That Cécile needs to go back to the convent.
(d) That Cécile dies.

5. What does Valmont do when alone with Cécile in her room?
(a) He lectures her.
(b) He rapes her.
(c) He comforts her.
(d) He terrorizes her.

Short Answer Questions

1. What common subjects of social satire is the novel clearly lacking, according to Coward?

2. With which philosophical movement of the 18th century is Laclos associated?

3. What is the first action Valmont takes to make Madame de Tourvel look favorably upon him?

4. What does Merteuil advise Madame de Volanges regarding Cécile?

5. Which place in the social hierarchy did Laclos' family occupy?

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