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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 2, Scene 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who enters at the beginning of Scene Two?
(a) Eliante.
(b) Oronte.
(c) Philinte.
(d) Celimene.

2. Who talks about hating hypocrisy in the beginning of the play?
(a) Alceste.
(b) Célimène.
(c) Acaste.
(d) Éliante.

3. What is another theme in this play, in addition to honesty?
(a) Self esteem.
(b) Loyality.
(c) Self desception.
(d) Fear.

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) He wants Alceste and Philinte to tell him how good it is.
(d) A pen so he can make corrections to the poem.

5. What does Alceste encourage Celimene of doing in Act Two, Scene One?
(a) Lying to men.
(b) Flirting with men.
(c) Making men fall in love with her.
(d) Denying men.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Alceste wish he can do about Celimene?

2. Where are the women in Act One, Scene One?

3. What does Oronte's sonnet say about Celimene's kindness towards him?

4. In Act 2, Scene 3, who also comes to visit Célimène?

5. What do we learn that Alceste is dealing with in Act 1, Scene 1?

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