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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 2, Scene 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Oronte want that Alceste does not give?
(a) Friendship.
(b) Flattery.
(c) Love.
(d) Money.

2. At the beginning of Act 2, Scene 1, why is Alceste grieving?
(a) Because Célimène tells him she is in love with someone else.
(b) Because he is afraid she will have to leave Célimène because she does not love him.
(c) Because Célimène has died.
(d) Because he thinks Célimène loves him but he does not love her.

3. What is the subject of Oronte's sonnet?
(a) Oronte's friendship with Alceste.
(b) Oronte's love for Celimene.
(c) How to be a professional poet.
(d) Why it is important to be honest.

4. In Act 1, Philinte meets a man on the street who hugs him and acts like his best friend. What is embarrassing about this situation?
(a) Philinte does not like the man.
(b) Men should not hug each other.
(c) Philinte does not like to be hugged.
(d) Philinte cannot remember the man's name.

5. Before Oronte reads his sonnet, about what does Alceste warn him?
(a) Alceste warns Oronte that he too loves Celimene.
(b) Alceste warms him that he does not like poetry.
(c) Alceste warns him that he will be honest in his critique.
(d) Alceste warms Oronte that he does not like him.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Oronte feel about Alceste's response on wisdom?

2. Who tries to intervene between Oronteo and Alceste in Act One, Scene Two?

3. When the play opens, where are two men awaiting the return of a young woman?

4. During Oronte's reading of his sonnet to Philinte and Alceste, how does Philinite react to the poem?

5. Whom are the two men waiting for when the play begins?

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