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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. What is Celimene accused of in Act Two, Scene One?
(a) Being indecisive.
(b) Turning away all man.
(c) Turning away no man.
(d) Being a snob.

2. To Alceste, what is worse, people's false friendship or their ridicule?
(a) False friendship.
(b) He doesn't know.
(c) Ridicule.
(d) They are equally bad.

3. Before the group takes a walk in the gallery, how does Eliante put an end to the argument?
(a) Eliante says true love overlooks faults.
(b) Eliante tells them to stop arguing.
(c) Eliante tells Alceste she loves him.
(d) Eliante leaves the room.

4. What does Alceste want Célimène to tell Acaste in Act 2, Scene 2?
(a) That he should go far, far away.
(b) That she is not taking visitors right now.
(c) That she is in love with Alceste.
(d) That she never wants to see him again.

5. Who visits Célimène in Act 2, Scene 2?
(a) Éliante.
(b) Acaste.
(c) Alceste.
(d) Basque.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who enters at the beginning of Scene Two?

2. During the conversation in Act 2, Scene 4, why do Acaste and Clitandre ridicule Alceste?

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

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

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

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