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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the relationship between Damis and Mariane?
(a) Husband and wife.
(b) Brother and sister.
(c) Cousins.
(d) Uncle and niece.

2. What does Orgon tell Cleante when he asks what he should report to Valere regarding Mariane's marriage?
(a) "Enough I say".
(b) "What you please".
(c) "No more".
(d) "I dare say not".

3. Which two characters converse with one another just after Madame Pernelle leaves in Act 1?
(a) Orgon and Tartuffe.
(b) Cleante and Dorine.
(c) Elmire and Orgon.
(d) Elmire and Dorine.

4. Who does Madame Pernelle say has "fallen from grace" in Act 1?
(a) Orgon.
(b) Elmire.
(c) Damis.
(d) Tartuffe.

5. Who calls Tartuffe a "false Capuchin" in the play?
(a) Damis.
(b) Dorine.
(c) Elmire.
(d) Cleante.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Cleante's sister in the play?

2. Finish the sentence: "And now life is sweet as a ______".

3. Who is the first character to speak in the play?

4. What is the name of Madame Pernelle's servant in the play?

5. What is the relationship between Elmire and Mariane?

(see the answer key)

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