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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 5, Scene 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Clitandre and Acaste finally leave the room. What do they do on their way out?
(a) Say goodbye.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Make jokes.
(d) Laugh.

2. What does Arsinoe think that Alceste should do within the royal court?
(a) Play a more official role.
(b) Be the head of the court.
(c) Help others more.
(d) Quit.

3. Who says, "One shouldn't blame human beings for their faults, any more than one would blame vultures or wolves for being what they are."
(a) Philinte.
(b) Alceste.
(c) Éliante.
(d) Célimène.

4. What does Alceste think about Philinte response to the sonnet?
(a) He understands Philinte.
(b) He praises Philinte.
(c) He scolds Philinte.
(d) He is confused by the response.

5. In Act 5, Scene 2, who does Oronte want to marry?
(a) Arsinoe.
(b) He does not want to marry.
(c) Celimene.
(d) Eliante.

Short Answer Questions

1. Alceste is doing what when he threatens to leave in Act 2, Scene 3?

2. What are Alceste's intentions during the conversation with Celimene?

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

4. How does Alceste answer Oronte in Act 1, Scene 2 after they first meet?

5. What does Arsinoe try to talk about with Alceste?

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