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Introduction

The Prefaces

Part One, Exchange One: Letters I–IX

Part One, Exchange Two: Letters 10–20

Part One, Exchange Three: Letters 21–26

Part One, Exchange Four: Letters 27–36

Part One, Exchange Five: Letters 37–50

Part Two, Exchange Six: Letters 51–63

Part Two, Exchange Seven: Letters 64–75

Part Two, Exchange Eight: Letters 76–87

Part Three, Exchange Nine: Letters 88–99

Part Three, Exchange Ten: Letters 100–111

Part Three, Exchange Eleven: Letters 112–124

Part Four, Exchange Twelve: Letters 125–137

Part Four, Exchange Thirteen: Letters 138–149

Part Four, Exchange Fourteen: Letters 150–164

Part Four, Exchange Fifteen: Letters 165–175

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Dangerous Liaisons

Pierre Ambroise Laclos

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Why is Dangerous Liaisons called an "epistolary" novel?

(A) It is a retelling of the story of the Bible

(B) It is composed of a series of letters

(D) It is extremely long

Which of the following is NOT an example of a "liaison"?

(A) A friendship

(B) An adulterous affair

(D) A woman's undergarment

In what year was Dangerous Liaisons first published?

(A) 1782

(B) 1789

(D) 1823

To whom is Cécile Volanges promised in marriage by her mother?

(A) The Comte de Gercourt

(B) The Intendante

(D) The Chevalier Danceny

Where does the Présidente de Tourvel meet the Vicomte de Valmont for the first time?

(A) At the Paris opera

(B) At the home of Madame de Rosemonde

(D) In a bar

How does the Chevalier Danceny send Cécile his first love letter?

(A) He hides it under her napkin one night at dinner

(B) He orders his personal messenger to deliver it

(D) He puts it in the strings of her harp

What must the Vicomte de Valmont do, according to the Marquise de Merteuil, before they can be reunited?

(A) He has to make some money

(B) He must obtain written proof that he has slept with the Présidente de Tourvel

(D) He must obtain written proof that he has slept with the Comte de Gercourt

How does the Présidente de Tourvel find out about Valmont's good deed?

(A) She asks him where he has been all day

(B) She overhears his servants talking

(D) She reads one of his letters

How does the Présidente de Tourvel react to first Valmont's confession of love?

(A) She bursts into tears and exclaims, "Ah! Wretched woman!"

(B) She embraces him

(D) She tells him to go talk to a priest about it

How does Sophie advise Cécile to respond to the Chevalier Danceny's confessions of love?

(A) She advises her to return to the convent immediately

(B) She tells her not to respond at all

(D) She recommends that Cécile get some sleep and some fresh air, and ask the Marquise what to do about it in the morning

Why does the Vicomte de Valmont decide to seduce Cécile?

(A) He is lonely

(B) The Marquise de Merteuil asks him to

(D) He discovers that it was Cécile's mother who warned the Présidente de Tourvel about his bad reputation

What first makes Madame Volanges suspect that Cécile is having an affair with the Chevalier Danceny?

(A) The Marquise de Merteuil tells her that she should be suspicious of Cécile and Danceny's relationship

(B) She sees Cécile and Danceny holding hands

(D) She notices that Cécile blushes whenever Danceny is in the room

Who helps Cécile and the Chevalier Danceny to correspond, once Madame Volanges has found out about their affair and forbidden Cécile to write to him?

(A) Sophie

(B) The Vicomte de Valmont

(D) La Nouvelle Heloïse

Who announces his intentions to seduce the Marquise de Merteuil at a dinner party?

(A) The Vicomte de Valmont

(B) The Chevalier Danceny

(D) The Comte Gercourt

What does Madame Volanges decide to do after Cécile throws herself into her arms and starts crying one morning?

(A) Send her back to the convent

(B) Consider letting her marry Danceny after all

(D) Remarry so that Cécile will have a father

Why does the Comte de Gercourt want to postpone his marriage to Cécile?

(A) He has discovered her affair with Danceny

(B) He has discovered her affair with Valmont

(D) He wants to travel in Italy

Who arranges for Valmont to visit the Présidente de Tourvel after she has left Madame de Rosemonde's estate?

(A) Father Anselme

(B) Julie

(D) The Président de Tourvel

What ailment does Madame de Rosemonde suffer from?

(A) Syphilis

(B) Rheumatism

(D) Spiritualism

How does Valmont die?

(A) He is killed in a duel by the Comte de Gercourt

(B) He is killed in a duel by Danceny

(D) He is killed in a duel by Prévan

What kind of physical deformity does the Marquise de Merteuil's illness supposedly cause her?

(A) One of her legs falls off

(B) She loses all her hair

(D) She loses one of her eyes

Where has Cécile in fact gone when her mother thinks that she has disappeared?

(A) To Danceny's house

(B) To Valmont's house

(D) To the convent

How does the Marquise de Merteuil supposedly react to being surrounded and booed at in the Opera salon?

(A) She screams and runs outside

(B) She spits in Prévan's face and calls him a pompous twit

(D) She performs a one-act drama to amuse the crowd

Where does the Marquise de Merteuil flee after being ruined and bankrupted?

(A) Holland

(B) Spain

(D) Into Danceny's arms

How many novels did Choderlos de Laclos write after Dangerous Liaisons?

(A) Three

(B) None

(D) None, but he wrote a screenplay called Cruel Intentions.

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