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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who asks Alceste to be more moderate in his judgment?
(a) Éliante.
(b) Célimène.
(c) Oronte.
(d) Philinte.

2. What does Alceste think about honesty?
(a) That you should always be honest.
(b) That you should never be honest if it hurts someone's feelings.
(c) That you should be honest most times.
(d) Honesty is not important.

3. Oronte wants Alceste to be honest about what?
(a) His critique of his girlfriend.
(b) His critique of his sonnet.
(c) The story he has written.
(d) His critique of his clothes.

4. When Oronte reads his sonnet to Alceste and Philinte, for what does he ask?
(a) He asks Alceste and Philinte to keep the poem a secret.
(b) An honest opinion of his poem.
(c) A pen so he can make corrections to the poem.
(d) He wants Alceste and Philinte to tell him how good it is.

5. How does Alceste react to the news of the latest visitor in Act 2, Scene 3?
(a) He begins to fight with Basque.
(b) He prepares to stay.
(c) He prepares to leave.
(d) He throws an angry fit but will stay.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is representing that kind of hypocrisy in the beginning of the play, according to the person who complains of hating hypocrisy?

2. What news does Basque have in the beginning of Act 2, Scene 5?

3. Why might Oronte's being led on by Celimene, as revealed in his sonnet, trigger anger in Alceste?

4. Besides Alceste, who also has a case pending in court?

5. Why may Celimene be afraid to reject Clitandre?

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