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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the confrontation with Célimène about at the beginning of Act 4, Scene 3?
(a) Basque's unhappiness with his job.
(b) Arsinoé.
(c) Oronte's sonnet.
(d) A letter.

2. Who pressures Célimène to make a choice about her suitors?
(a) Alceste.
(b) Philinte.
(c) Basque.
(d) Éliante.

3. What surprises Alceste during his conversation with Basque in Act 2, Scene 5?
(a) Alceste was not expecting Celimene.
(b) Basque is rude.
(c) A man's asking for him at the door.
(d) Basque startles him.

4. Whom are the two men waiting for when the play begins?
(a) Célimène and her cousin.
(b) Éliante.
(c) Arsinoé.
(d) Célimène.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Célimène describe Arsinoé in Act 3, Scene 3?

2. How does Oronte react to Alceste's honest opinion of his sonnet?

3. In the beginning of Act 1, Scene 2, we are introduced to yet another suitor of Célimène's. Who?

4. What does Alceste tell Arsinoé at the beginning of Act 3, Scene 5?

5. What does Oronte do when he meets Alceste?

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