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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Clitandre and Acaste feel as Celimene talks about Arsinor?
(a) Thay are mad.
(b) They laugh.
(c) They think she is being unreasonable.
(d) They leave.

2. Who gives Acaste and Clitandre another letter from Celimene?
(a) Oronte.
(b) Philinte.
(c) Eliante.
(d) Arsinoe.

3. In the last scene of the play, who are the only two characters not in the scene?
(a) Philinte and Eliante.
(b) Basque and Dubois.
(c) Alceste and Celimene.
(d) Basque and Alceste.

4. What is Arsinoe jealous of?
(a) Celimene's beauty.
(b) All of Celimene's suitors.
(c) Celimene's money.
(d) Alceste's love for Celimene.

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

6. How would you sum up Alceste's feelings when he is talking to Célimène in Act 4, Scene 3?
(a) Giddy.
(b) Happy and in love.
(c) Sad and lonely.
(d) Tortured and confused.

7. What does Celimene say about Arsinoe?
(a) She deserves love.
(b) She is a prude.
(c) She is jealoyus of Celimene.
(d) She just wants attention.

8. What are Alceste's intentions during the conversation with Celimene?
(a) To break things off with her.
(b) To find out the truth.
(c) To forbid her from seeing Oronte.
(d) To ask her to marry him.

9. What do Acaste and Clitandre do with the letter at the beginning of Act 5, Scene 4?
(a) Read it, and then throw it away.
(b) Throw it away without reading it.
(c) Distribute copies.
(d) Read the letter aloud to everyone.

10. What does Eliante feel about Alceste's honesty?
(a) It is humbling.
(b) It is heroic.
(c) It is annoying.
(d) It is not sincere.

11. Whose reputation does Philinte say will be hurt by their lies?
(a) Alceste's accusor.
(b) Celimene's.
(c) Arsinoe's.
(d) Alceste's.

12. In Act 5, Scene 2, who does Oronte want to marry?
(a) Celimene.
(b) Arsinoe.
(c) He does not want to marry.
(d) Eliante.

13. Who is Dubois?
(a) Acaste's servant.
(b) Alceste's servant.
(c) Alceste's cousin.
(d) Alceste's wife.

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

15. Which word best describes Alceste's most prominent trait?
(a) Rude.
(b) Shy.
(c) Liar.
(d) Blunt.

Short Answer Questions

1. For revenge, who wants to marry Éliante?

2. How is Celimene portrayed in Act Three, Scene Three?

3. Who is in love with Éliante?

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

5. Why is Dubois concerned at the beginning of Act 4, Scene 4?

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