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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Beline say is only trying to do what's right?
(a) Beline.
(b) Toinette.
(c) Angelique.
(d) Argan.

2. What does Thomas Diaforus call Argan?
(a) My good sir.
(b) An esteemed gentleman.
(c) A sick old man.
(d) His new father.

3. Whom does Louison say was in Angelique's room?
(a) The music teacher.
(b) Thomas Diaforus.
(c) Beline.
(d) Toinette.

4. What is Angelique's younger sisters name?
(a) Toinette.
(b) Marie.
(c) Beline.
(d) Louison.

5. Whom does Toinette thank for creating Thomas Diaforus?
(a) Good fortune.
(b) Education.
(c) His father.
(d) French society.

Short Answer Questions

1. To whom does Argan promise Angelique's hand in marriage?

2. Whom does Argan ask to draw up a marriage contract?

3. Who accompanies Mr. Diaforus to Argan's home?

4. Who accuses Toinette of upsetting her master?

5. What profession does Argan believe is best for a future son-in-law?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Act 3, Scene 18, in addition to the discovery of Beline's motives, what other information is revealed about her marriage to Argan?

2. How is Argan's belief that he is an important man reinforced by the new doctor's appearance?

3. How is the author's use of irony exhibited in Toinette's comments about Argan's health?

4. Beline appears to have no interest in Argan's will. What clues are given demonstrating this might not be true?

5. Highlight some of the differences between the relationship of father and daughter in "The Imaginary Invalid" and current father daughter relationships.

6. Why did Argan mysteriously leave the room for the second time in the play?

7. How does Toinette, as the doctor, use her deception to aid Angelique?

8. How does Argan's desire to have his children cut out of his will further demonstrate his obsession with his illnesses?

9. How does the transitional scene, after Mr. Fleurant leaves, further inform Argan's hypochondria?

10. How is Argan's fear that "playing dead" causes his real death ironic?

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