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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Alceste want Celimene to tell Basque?
(a) That she will see Acaste later.
(b) That she is not receiving any other visitors.
(c) That she is not home.
(d) That she and Alceste are in the middle of something more important.

2. Who is the man in uniform that arrives in Act 2, Scene 6?
(a) Alceste.
(b) Philinte.
(c) Acaste.
(d) Marshal's Sergeant-at-Arms.

3. To ease his mind, Alceste asks Celimene to end their bickering by doing what?
(a) Breaking up with Alceste.
(b) Dealing openly with each other.
(c) Stop flirting with other men.
(d) Marrying Alceste.

4. How is Célimène described in Act 1, Scene 1?
(a) Mute.
(b) Outspoken and rude.
(c) A flirt and gossip.
(d) Painfully shy.

5. During Act One, Scene Three, who is arguing?
(a) Alceste and Oronte.
(b) Philinte and Alceste.
(c) Alceste and Celimene.
(d) Philinte and Oronte.

6. 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.

7. What does Philinte think about the summons in Act 2, Scene 6?
(a) He thinks it is about Célimène's many suitors.
(b) He thinks it is because of the insult to Oronte's sonnet.
(c) He thinks there is no reason for it.
(d) He thinks he has committed a crime.

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

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

10. How does Celimene feel when someone is at the door?
(a) Depressed.
(b) Happy.
(c) Excited.
(d) Anxious.

11. In Act 1, Scene 3, Philinte is trying to find out what?
(a) Why Alceste is so upset.
(b) Why Oronte is crying.
(c) Why Alceste likes Célimène.
(d) Why Alceste is crying.

12. What does Alceste wait for Celimene to do in Act Two, Scene Four?
(a) If she calls for tea.
(b) He waits to see who she sends away first.
(c) If she allows any more suitors in.
(d) Chooses a suitor.

13. Whom is Alceste in love with?
(a) Acaste.
(b) Philinte.
(c) Célimène.
(d) Éliante.

14. Why does Clitandre tease Acaste?
(a) He asks why Acaste hangs around Célimène if he doesn't have a chance with her.
(b) He makes fun of his list of qualities.
(c) He makes fun of his clothes.
(d) He makes fun of his haircut.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Celimene tell Basque regarding Clitandre?

2. With what does Alceste plan to change Celimene?

3. During Oronte's reading of his sonnet to Philinte and Alceste, how does Philinite react to the poem?

4. Why does Oronte chastise Célimène in this Act 1, Scene 2?

5. Who is Eliante?

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