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

2. What event does Valmont tell Madame de Tourvel secured his love for her?
(a) Looking into her eyes on a starlit evening.
(b) Meeting her for the first time.
(c) Hearing of her piety from Madame de Rosemonde.
(d) His charitable actions toward the peasants.

3. How did Laclos' contemporary critics feel his novel would impact society?
(a) The novel would showcase French literary talent.
(b) The novel would corrupt more people than it saved.
(c) The novel would offer scrupulous moral lessons.
(d) The novel would challenge the political regime.

4. 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 ignored its existence until ten years ago.
(d) Readers and critics extolled it as the single best novel of the Western hemisphere.

5. What is a "little house?"
(a) A luxurious love-nest in the country.
(b) The servants' quarters, attached to a large estate.
(c) A temporary dwelling for those on the run from the law.
(d) A peasant hovel.