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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 does Alceste want Celimene to do about the new suitor?
(a) Let him in.
(b) Send him away.
(c) State she is not interested.
(d) Introduces him to her cousin.

2. Who does the new character ask to be his friend?
(a) Celimene.
(b) Eliante.
(c) Alceste.
(d) Philinte.

3. Alceste tells Basque to do what with the person who awaits him?
(a) Send him up.
(b) Lie to him.
(c) Send him away.
(d) Chastise him for coming so late.

4. Who could not remember the man's name that hugged him?
(a) Éliante.
(b) Philinte.
(c) Alceste.
(d) Célimène.

5. What does Celimene embody, according to Alceste?
(a) Everything he hates in people.
(b) True beauty.
(c) Selfishness.
(d) Love.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is Célimène described physically?

2. Which word best describes the symbolism of Alceste's visitor arriving just as he is waiting for Celimene's judgment on their relationship?

3. Why does Celimene question the genuineness of Alceste's high principles in front of her visitors?

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

5. At first, how does Célimène react to Alceste's reaction to the visitor in Act 2, Scene 3?

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