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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. Alceste tells Basque to do what with the person who awaits him?
(a) Send him away.
(b) Send him up.
(c) Chastise him for coming so late.
(d) Lie to him.

2. When Alceste goes to court, he insists that he won't what?
(a) Back down.
(b) Get angry.
(c) Cry.
(d) Mention Philinte's name.

3. How does Act 1, Scene 3 close?
(a) With Oronte following Alceste, trying to figure out why he is so upset.
(b) With Alceste going after Célimène.
(c) With Philinte following Alceste, trying to figure out what he is so upset.
(d) With Célimène trying to find out why Alceste is so upset.

4. To Alceste, what is worse, people's false friendship or their ridicule?
(a) He doesn't know.
(b) False friendship.
(c) Ridicule.
(d) They are equally bad.

5. Who asks Alceste to be more moderate in his judgment?
(a) Éliante.
(b) Philinte.
(c) Célimène.
(d) Oronte.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do we learn that Alceste is dealing with in Act 1, Scene 1?

2. On their way to Celimen's home, Philinte tells Alceste that one should not blame human beings for their ______?

3. Who is the man in uniform that arrives in Act 2, Scene 6?

4. What is Célimène accused of in terms of love?

5. What happens after Oronte's response to Alceste's reaction to his sonnet?

Short Essay Questions

1. What series of events in Act Two, Scene Three leads to an argument between Celimene and Alceste?

2. Though Celimene admits she loves Alceste, why does he not fully believe her?

3. The previous two visitors, Acaste and Clitandre, both came to see Celimene. When they arrived, Alceste protested the interruption. How do you think Celimene might have felt now that Alceste has a visitor?

4. What is Celimene's response when Alceste confronts her about the letter to Oronte?

5. Act 4, Scene 3, begins with Alceste's confronting Celimene. How does Celimene react that is confusing to Alceste?

6. At the beginning of Act 5, Scene 1, Philinte and Acaste are once again waiting for Celimene. What are Alceste and Philinte discussing?

7. By Act Five, Scene Four, why are Arsinoe's efforts to get Alceste in vain?

8. Oronte asks Alceste and Philinte for an honest opinion of his sonnet. Why does Alceste warn Oronte before he begins reading the sonnet?

9. When Oronte reads his sonnet to Philinte and Alceste, what is revealed about his relationship with Celimene?

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

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