Tartuffe Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

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Tartuffe Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Dorine do every time Orgon turns towards her during their argument in Act 2?

3. What does Cleante describe Orgon's descriptions of Tartuffe as near the end of Act 1?

4. What does Orgon tell Cleante God told him to do regarding Tartuffe?

5. Finish the sentence: "A father's love brings true _____".

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the interaction between Elmire and Tartuffe when Elmire first enters the room in Act 3.

2. How does Tartuffe react after Orgon confronts him about his bad behavior towards Elmire at the end of Act 4?

3. How does Mariane react when her father asks her to marry Tartuffe?

4. What response does Cleante give Tartuffe when he refuses to help mend Orgon and Damis' relationship?

5. What solution does Elmire suggest to Orgon to prove Tartuffe is disloyal in Act 4?

6. What does Orgon tell his family regarding the secret he has shared with Tartuffe?

7. How does Tartuffe react when Dorine mentions that Elmire wanted to speak with him privately?

8. What does Cleante come to talk to Tartuffe about at the beginning of Act 4?

9. How does Dorine describe her scheme to get Orgon to distrust Tartuffe at the beginning of Act 3?

10. Describe the interaction between Tartuffe and the officer at the end of Act 5.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine the role of social class in the play. What is the author using the play to say in regards to social class? Which characters help the author accomplish these goals and how do they do so?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the unlikely control of Dorine in the play. In what ways does she control the other characters in the play? How does her ability to control others differ from Tartuffe's?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the author's portrayal of virtue in the play. How and by whom is virtue discussed? What seems to be the author's opinion of virtue?

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