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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Toinette describe Argan's house?
(a) As dirty.
(b) As old.
(c) As rambling.
(d) As musty.

2. Who says, "Oh my dear Mistress, such a disaster"?
(a) Toinette.
(b) Beralde.
(c) Louison.
(d) Angelique.

3. What is the last line of the play?
(a) "I give you my daughters hand in marriage."
(b) "Et, quod erat demonstratum."
(c) "I must write myself out a prescription."
(d) "I now pronounce you man and wife."

4. Where does Toinette say Argan's dinner is located?
(a) At the market.
(b) In his room.
(c) In the dining room.
(d) In the oven.

5. What does the new doctor tell Toinette he is not certain of?
(a) The location of Argan's door.
(b) Argan's illness.
(c) The laws of Paris.
(d) The location of his coachman.

6. Why does Argan first refuse Cleante's proposal?
(a) He promised Thomas Diaforus.
(b) He believes Cleante is a music teacher.
(c) He is too ill to make a decision.
(d) Beline does not wish it.

7. Who says, "Dead as mutton"?
(a) Argan.
(b) Toinette.
(c) Beralde.
(d) Angelique.

8. What is Argan glad to have learned about Beline?
(a) That she hates Angelique.
(b) Her true feelings towards him.
(c) That she is having an affair.
(d) That she a Duchess.

9. In Act 3, Scene 13, whom does Toinette say to the new doctor that he will find waiting inside?
(a) Angelique.
(b) Argan.
(c) Mr. Purgon.
(d) Beralde.

10. Who reassures Argan that the new doctor's disappearance is nothing to worry about?
(a) Beralde and Toinette.
(b) Beline and Toinette.
(c) Mr. Purgon and Beralde.
(d) Toinette and Thomas Diaforus.

11. How is the similarity between the doctor and Toinette explained?
(a) As a freak of nature.
(b) As a long lost brother.
(c) As a figment of Argan's imagination.
(d) It is not explained.

12. What is the announced profession of the visitor that arrives after Mr. Purgon leaves?
(a) An apothacary.
(b) A music teacher.
(c) A gypsy.
(d) A doctor.

13. Who says, "And you have your daughters"?
(a) Toinette.
(b) Beline.
(c) Cleante.
(d) Beralde.

14. In Act 3, Scene 16, whom does Toinette say just arrived home and is coming to the room?
(a) Louison.
(b) Beline.
(c) Angelique.
(d) Mr. Purgon

15. What three characters discuss the arrival of the new doctor?
(a) Toinette, Argan and Beralde.
(b) Argan, Mr. Purgon and Beralde.
(c) Toinette, Argan and Mr. Purgon.
(d) Argan, Beralde and Angelique.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Act 3, Scene 16, to prove Beline's love, what does Toinette ask Argan to pretend?

2. Why does Angelique say she cannot marry Cleante?

3. What new profession does Beralde suggest for Argan?

4. What does Angelique say is more than she can bear?

5. Who asks the new doctor his age?

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