1. How was __Les Liaisons Dangereuses_ treated after the turn of the 20th century?
(a) Readers and critics reaffirmed the initial 18th-century response.
(b) Readers and critics were more likely to praise and study it.
(c) Readers and critics extolled it as the single best novel of the Western hemisphere.
(d) Readers and critics ignored its existence until ten years ago.

2. What does the author of the Editor's Preface claim he has done?
(a) Translated these letters from another language into French.
(b) Collected and organized real letters, and provided occasional notes.
(c) Written all the letters himself, from the perspective of fictional characters.
(d) Written the story of his own group of friends into the form of letters.

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

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

5. Why does Valmont think it possible to seduce this woman?
(a) He already knows she has a weak character.
(b) Her husband is away.
(c) She expressed interest in him.
(d) He seduced her in the past.