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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Merteuil effectively refuse to do with Valmont?
(a) Cover up for him.
(b) Share seduction stories.
(c) Mentor Cécile for him.
(d) Have a sexual relationship with him.

2. What action does Valmont propose to Cécile to facilitate their secret correspondence?
(a) Cécile and Danceny should disguise their handwriting and use the regular postal service.
(b) Cécile and Valmont should not write, but only speak privately.
(c) Cécile should suggest that her mother leave Cécile alone at the country estate.
(d) Cécile should steal her mother's key to Cécile's own room.

3. How does Madame de Tourvel feel about Valmont?
(a) She idolizes him.
(b) She fears him.
(c) She abhors him.
(d) She pities him.

4. How did Merteuil become adept at controlling her facial features?
(a) By observing how other people conceal what they think or feel.
(b) She woke up one day and was suddenly able to control her features.
(c) As a child, her tutor of manners was strict and taught her well.
(d) Her time as an actress gave her opportunities to practice facial expressions.

5. How does Valmont and Madame de Tourvel's first sexual encounter go?
(a) They are interrupted by a servant halfway through.
(b) It is a mutually satisfying experience.
(c) She surprises him with her refined technique.
(d) She faints and he rapes her.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Merteuil think of Madame de Tourvel?

2. What does Merteuil advise Valmont to tell Madame de Tourvel?

3. What does Merteuil assert that Madame de Tourvel is doing to Valmont?

4. About what does Valmont mock Merteuil in letter 158?

5. What does Madame de Tourvel do that makes Valmont despair?

Short Essay Questions

1. Summarize Bertrand's letters to Madame de Rosemonde.

2. Summarize Merteuil's tale of her ruination of Prévan's.

3. Describe Valmont's response to Merteuil's affair with Danceny.

4. Summarize the problem Madame de Tourvel sees preventing her and Valmont from having a relationship, and how Valmont circumvents her hesitation.

5. What is Madame de Rosemonde's advice to Madame de Tourvel regarding her feelings for Valmont?

6. Summarize the content of the "letter" that Merteuil dictates to Valmont about his apparent love of Madame de Tourvel.

7. How does Valmont manipulate Cécile and Danceny's relationship?

8. What does Valmont vow about his seduction of Madame de Tourvel, and how does he plan to carry out his plan?

9. How does Valmont thwart Merteuil with regards to Danceny?

10. How does Merteuil respond to Cécile's news about Valmont's actions?

(see the answer keys)

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