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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who could not remember the man's name that hugged him?
(a) Alceste.
(b) Éliante.
(c) Célimène.
(d) Philinte.

2. What does Celimene think she is doing by accepting many suitors?
(a) Finding the right man.
(b) Making everyone happy.
(c) Perserving her reputation.
(d) Making Alceste jealous.

3. After Acaste and Clitandre arrive, why do they start naming members of the royal court?
(a) They are trying to impress Alceste.
(b) They plan to report what is said back to the royal court.
(c) They are trying to make small talk.
(d) They want to hear Celimene gossip about the royal court members.

4. Why does Alceste leave in Act One, Scene Three?
(a) He does not like the company.
(b) He is too upset.
(c) He is not welcome.
(d) He must go to work.

5. What is Célimène accused of in terms of love?
(a) Encouraging men to go out with her cousin.
(b) Encouraging other women to fall in love with Oronte.
(c) Encouraging other women to fall in love with Alceste.
(d) Encouraging men to fall in love with her.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Acaste?

2. What does Celimene think her reputation is?

3. What does Célimène do about the arrival of the latest visitor in Act 2, Scene 3?

4. When Alceste goes to court, he insists that he won't what?

5. During the conversation in Act 2, Scene 4, Philinte points out that Alceste does not like whom?

Short Essay Questions

1. Based on the remarks of the other characters in Act Two, Scene Four, what is said about Celimene's personality?

2. In Act 2, Scene 3, Basque announces another visitor, Clitandre, is waiting downstairs. How does Celimene's accepting this second visitor reveal how she feels about Alceste?

3. How does Philinte demonstrate compassion when Oronte is reading his sonnet?

4. Why do Acaste and Clitandre talk privately in Act 3, Scene 1?

5. At the beginning of scene 1, Philinte is hugged by a man he barely knows. How does Philinte react and why?

6. Why does Philinte want Alceste not to be so honest about his thoughts on Oronte's love poem?

7. At the end of Act 3, Scene 1, to what compromise do Acaste and Clitandre come, and why or why not will their compromise work?

8. What is Alceste's reaction when Basque says there is someone at the door for him in Act 2, Scene 5?

9. At the end of Act 3, Scene 5, Arsinoe tells Alceste she has evidence that Celimene is not the wife for him. What do you believe is Alceste's motivation for leaving with Arsinoe to show him that evidence?

10. Why does Clitandre make fun of Acaste in Act 3, Scene 1?

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