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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 5, Scene 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Act 3, Scene 2, who enters the room?
(a) Philinte
(b) Alceste.
(c) Celimene.
(d) Oronte.

2. How does Oronte chastise his subject in the sonnet?
(a) He refuses to read the sonnet.
(b) His subject gives him false hope.
(c) He discusses his love lost.
(d) His subject belittles him.

3. Whose reputation does Philinte say will be hurt by their lies?
(a) Alceste's.
(b) Arsinoe's.
(c) Alceste's accusor.
(d) Celimene's.

4. How does Act 1, Scene 3 close?
(a) With Philinte following Alceste, trying to figure out what he is so upset.
(b) With Oronte following Alceste, trying to figure out why he is so upset.
(c) With Alceste going after Célimène.
(d) With Célimène trying to find out why Alceste is so upset.

5. Who indicates that Oronte's sonnet is horrible and he does not back down from that criticism?
(a) Clitandre.
(b) Acaste.
(c) Alceste.
(d) Philinte.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who discovers a letter from Célimène to Oronte?

2. Who defends Célimène in Act 2, Scene 4?

3. What does the officer's uniform tell the characters?

4. What is one possible reason for Alceste's harsh words about Oronte's sonnet?

5. What is the emotional states of the new visitor in Act Four, Scene Four?

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