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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Dorine tell Mariane and Valere at the very end of Act 2?
(a) "Go be happy and conspire."
(b) "You go off that way, and you go the other."
(c) "Go off together happily."
(d) "Make up and celebrate."

2. What does Dorine tell Tartuffe she believes is "out of fashion" in Act 3?
(a) Clothes.
(b) Love.
(c) Husbands.
(d) Lust.

3. What does Orgon say Dorine's "twaddle" has caused him to become?
(a) High-strung.
(b) Tired.
(c) Annoyed.
(d) Upbeat.

4. Who is described as, "With what a fair appearance and touching zeal" who "hides a wicked soul and a heart of steel"?
(a) Elmire.
(b) Tartuffe.
(c) Mariane.
(d) Dorine.

5. What does Tartuffe claim Orgon's family doubts about him near the end of Act 3?
(a) His integrity.
(b) His holiness.
(c) His opinion.
(d) His honesty.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who says, "You have your own reasons for acting so, and I have reasons for my quid-pro-quo"?

2. Who calls Tartuffe a "false Capuchin" in the play?

3. Whom does Madame Pernelle call "a fool of the worst kind"?

4. Who is described as "fat and flabby, with red lips, and a shining face"?

5. What is Mariane's response to Orgon when he asks her if she will marry Tartuffe in Act 2?

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