The most popular French playwright, Jean Baptiste Poquelin, is known as______________?
Correct answer: D. Moliere
- A. Caleron
- B. Corneille
- C. Couperin
- D. Moliere
Explanation
Jean-Baptiste Poquelin adopted the stage name Molière and became France’s leading comic dramatist. Corneille was another major French playwright, but he was not Poquelin’s pseudonym.
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