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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do Oronte and Alceste insist Celimene must do?
(a) Give up gossiping.
(b) Decide between the two of them.
(c) Make amends with Arsinoe.
(d) Stop allowing suitors in.

2. Who follows Dubois to leave at the end of Act 4, Scene 4?
(a) Alceste.
(b) Célimène.
(c) Basque.
(d) Acaste.

3. At the beginning of Act Five, Scene Three, in addition to Philinte, who else enters?
(a) Oronte.
(b) Celimene.
(c) Eliante.
(d) Alceste.

4. What does Celimene suggest her and Arsinoe should do about the gossip?
(a) Report to each other when they hear gossip.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Provide the gossipers wrong.
(d) Make up stories about the people who gossip.

5. Who are the main characters in Act 3, Scene 5?
(a) Alceste and Acaste.
(b) Arsinoe and Alceste.
(c) Arsinoe and Oronte.
(d) Arsinoe and Acaste.

6. How does Alceste respond to Arsinoe's suggestion that he play a more official role at court?
(a) Alceste wonders where Celimene has gone.
(b) Alceste thanks Arsinoe for the compliment.
(c) Alceste wonders out loud why he would want to be a court official.
(d) Alceste leaves the room.

7. In Act 5, Scene 1, what does Alceste tells Philinte he has lost?
(a) His mind.
(b) Celimene's letter.
(c) His court case.
(d) His courage.

8. Célimène is speaking the truth in Act 4, Scene 3, but is doing so in what way?
(a) Sarcastically.
(b) Honestly without a hint of sarcasm.
(c) Angrily.
(d) Sadly.

9. What reason does Alceste state for why he does not want to wait to marry Eliante?
(a) There is no time.
(b) The winter is a better time for a wedding.
(c) He may change his mind.
(d) He does not change his mind.

10. Who confronts Célimène at the beginning of Act 4, Scene 3?
(a) Alceste.
(b) Arsinoé.
(c) Basque.
(d) Acaste.

11. What was the closest thing to an apology that Alceste said?
(a) He was sorry that he did not like Oronte's sonnet.
(b) He was sorry that Oronte was a horrible writer.
(c) He was sorry that Oronte was a horrible person.
(d) He was sorry that he was being difficult.

12. After Philinte confesses his love for Eliante, who comes in the room?
(a) Alceste.
(b) Arsinoe.
(c) Oronte.
(d) Celimene.

13. Who are the only two people that end up happy at the end of the play?
(a) Éliante and Célimène.
(b) Éliante and Philinte.
(c) Alceste and Acaste.
(d) Alceste and Philinte.

14. How does Célimène describe Arsinoé in Act 3, Scene 3?
(a) Sadly.
(b) Viciously.
(c) As nice as possible.
(d) Delicately.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Basque say is at the door at the beginning of Act 3, Scene 3?

2. Alceste says that his accuser in the court case is what?

3. Who is the only one still interested in Célimène after the letter comes to light in Act 5, Scene 4?

4. After Alceste leaves Eliante's house, about what does Alceste confront Celimene?

5. As Alceste and Oronte are waiting for an answer from Celimene, who enters the room?

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