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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What surprising information does Eliante learn at the end of Act 4, Scene 1?
(a) That Alceste loves Eliante.
(b) That Celimene is going to marry Alceste.
(c) That Oronte is going to marry Celimene.
(d) That Philinte is in love with Eliante.

2. Under what condition does Celimene say she will marry Alceste?
(a) As long as Celimene can still date other people.
(b) Only if they stay in the city.
(c) Only if Alceste lives in a separate house.
(d) Only if Alceste says please.

3. What is Alcests unable to do?
(a) Understand Celimene.
(b) Trust Celimene.
(c) Leave Celimene.
(d) Forgive Celimene.

4. As Act 3, Scene 4 opens, how does Celimene greet Arsinoe?
(a) Celimene treats Arsinoe coldly.
(b) Celimene gushes over Arsinoe.
(c) Celimene continues to talk badly about Arsinoe.
(d) Celimene acts as if Arsinoe is not there.

5. Why is Dubois concerned at the beginning of Act 4, Scene 4?
(a) He wants Acaste to leave town.
(b) He wants Acaste to leave his house.
(c) He wants Alceste to leave town.
(d) He wants Célimène to leave town.

6. What two characters does Act 4, Scene 3 feature?
(a) Eliante and Philinte.
(b) Alceste and Celimene.
(c) Alceste and Eliante.
(d) Celimene and Eliante.

7. Where Célimène is concerned, who wants to believe only what they want to hear?
(a) Alceste.
(b) Philinte.
(c) Acaste
(d) Éliante.

8. What does Alceste decide about the fine he receives in the court case?
(a) He will pay half of it.
(b) He will ask the public to help him raise money to pay it.
(c) He will not pay it.
(d) He will pay it to show everyone how corrupt the system is.

9. What does Celimene claim people gossip about Arsinoe?
(a) She is poor.
(b) She is a flirt.
(c) She is a prude.
(d) She is an adulterer.

10. What does Arsinoe think that Alceste should do within the royal court?
(a) Be the head of the court.
(b) Quit.
(c) Help others more.
(d) Play a more official role.

11. Why does Alceste not say sorry for not liking Oronte's sonnet?
(a) He is under oath.
(b) He hates Oronte.
(c) He is honest.
(d) He is misunderstood.

12. After Celimene solicits help from Eliante, what do Alceste and Oronte tell Celimene she must do?
(a) Answer them.
(b) Marry Alceste.
(c) Go shopping with Eliante.
(d) Leave.

13. How does Philinte say Alceste's accuser will be harmed?
(a) Célimène will not like him.
(b) His poetry will suffer.
(c) He will not be able to look in the mirror.
(d) His reputation will suffer because of the lies.

14. At the end of Act 4, Scene 3, what is Alceste unable to do?
(a) Marry Arsinoe.
(b) Tell Philinte to marry Eliante.
(c) Break up with Celimene.
(d) Confront Celimene.

15. Who is in love with Éliante?
(a) Basque.
(b) Acaste.
(c) Alceste.
(d) Philinte.

Short Answer Questions

1. If Celimene chooses a suitor, what does Alceste say he will do?

2. What does Arsinoe hope happens if Alceste goes home with her?

3. Which word best describes Celimene's demeanor when she tells the truth to Alceste?

4. How does Celimene feel about the new visitor in Act Three, Scene Three?

5. Who confronts Célimène in Act 5, Scene 2?

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