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

2. Act 2, Scene 6, takes place where?
(a) Basque's house.
(b) In the gallery.
(c) Celimene's house.
(d) At the court house.

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

4. What is one possible reason for Alceste's harsh words about Oronte's sonnet?
(a) The sonnet is obviously written for Celimene, the woman Alceste loves.
(b) Alceste wants to teach Oronte a lesson about honesty.
(c) Philinte tells Alceste to be critical of the sonnet.
(d) Alceste does not like poetry.

5. Who enters at the beginning of Scene Two?
(a) Celimene.
(b) Philinte.
(c) Eliante.
(d) Oronte.

Short Answer Questions

1. While responding to Philinte's critique of his personality, what does Alceste admit?

2. What is Acaste's response to Clitandre's questioning?

3. Why does Alceste get upset at Acaste and Clitandre in Act 2, Scene 4?

4. Why does Célimène say she is nice to Clitandre?

5. What is Philinte's view on honesty?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the significance of the man at the door in Act Two, Scene Five?

2. Describe the character of Célimène?

3. In Act 1, Scene 2, describe how Alceste reacts when Oronte hugs him and asks for his friendship. How does Alceste's reaction tie in with his view of hypocrisy?

4. Alceste has just decided to stay at Celimene's to see which suitor she sends home first. Why is Alceste the first to leave, and what was the reaction of Philinte and Celimene's other suitors?

5. Celimene is finally asked to make a decision about a suitor in Act 5, Scene 2. Who confronts her, and why?

6. 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?

7. Do you think Alceste thinks Célimène is a hypocrite in Act 2, Scene 2? Why or why not?

8. What do Oronte and Alceste have in common?

9. What happens in Act One, Scene Three that indicates that Alceste may not be as honest as he originally seems?

10. Explain Alceste's emotions as he witnesses another visitor come to see Célimène in Act 2, Scene 2.

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