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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. Act 2, Scene 1, starts with a heated discussion between which two characters?
(a) Alceste and Celimene.
(b) Oronte and Celimene.
(c) Alceste and Philinte.
(d) Alceste and Eliante.

2. When Oronte reacts to Alceste's opinion about his sonnet, who intervenes?
(a) Celimene's cousin.
(b) Celimene.
(c) Philinte.
(d) Eliante.

3. Acaste and Clitandre start naming members of what in Act 2, Scene 4?
(a) The court.
(b) Célimène's suitors.
(c) The government.
(d) A secret club.

4. Why does Alceste plan to confront Celimene about her behavior?
(a) She is a flirt, a gossip, and a flatterer.
(b) She talks too much.
(c) Her behavior embarrasses him.
(d) She shops too much.

5. In Act 2, Scene 1, what is a source of contention between Alceste and others?
(a) Money.
(b) Pride.
(c) Honesty.
(d) Happiness.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do we know about Célimène's past?

2. Alceste is accused of doing what to people he doesn't like?

3. What happens after Oronte leaves the Act One, Scene Three?

4. What does Alceste tell Philinte as he leaves?

5. Who pressures Célimène to make a choice about her suitors?

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