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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 2, Scene 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Acaste and Clitandre start naming members of what in Act 2, Scene 4?
(a) The court.
(b) Célimène's suitors.
(c) A secret club.
(d) The government.

2. When Oronte reacts to Alceste's opinion about his sonnet, who intervenes?
(a) Eliante.
(b) Celimene's cousin.
(c) Philinte.
(d) Celimene.

3. What is the relationship between Alceste and Philinte?
(a) They both like Celimene.
(b) They are good friends.
(c) They both dislike poetry.
(d) They are brothers.

4. What is Alceste's opinion of Oronte's work?
(a) He likes it.
(b) He has no opinion.
(c) He has a negative opinion.
(d) He is jealous of it.

5. While listening to Oronte's sonnet, what might Alceste have learned that he does not want to share with Philinte?
(a) That Alceste loves himself more than he loves Celimene.
(b) That Oronte's situation with Celimene is similar to his own.
(c) That Oronte loves Celimene more than Alceste does.
(d) That Alceste is not an honest person.

Short Answer Questions

1. While Oronte is reading his sonnet, what does Alceste whisper to Philinte?

2. What does Celimene avow to Alceste?

3. What word best describes the difference between what Celimene believes her reputation to be, and what the other characters believe her reputation is?

4. How does Act 1, Scene 3 close?

5. Who visits Célimène in Act 2, Scene 2?

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