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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. What causes Beralde to comment that Argan must be feeling better?
(a) Argan is looking better.
(b) Argan has dismissed his servants.
(c) Argan is entertaining guests.
(d) Argan can hear and speak.

2. Who is Mr. Diaforus?
(a) Argan's mistress.
(b) The music teacher.
(c) Beline's lover.
(d) A doctor.

3. Who does Beline bring to Argan's house?
(a) Thomas Diaforus.
(b) Beralde.
(c) Mr. Purgon.
(d) Mr. Bonnefoy.

4. Why does Argan's brother say he has come to see him?
(a) To ask his advice.
(b) To present a match for Angelique.
(c) To borrow money.
(d) To give him money.

5. What is Argan adding up in the beginning of the play?
(a) Beans.
(b) Medical bills.
(c) Money.
(d) Freckles.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Thomas Diaforus call Argan?

2. Why does Beralde call Argan a fool?

3. Whom does Toinette see talking to themselves?

4. What is the name of the person that beats Louison?

5. How does Toinette plan to help Angelique marry Cleante?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Toinette manage to convince Argan that she is two people?

2. How does Argan's illness affect his realization of Angelique's feelings towards him?

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

4. How does the conversation between Angelique and Toinette demonstrate the high regard that Toinette has achieved in the house?

5. Why does Beline take offense at Angelique's comments about marriage?

6. How is Argan's selfishness in choosing a husband for his daughter a result of his imaginary illness?

7. How does the title of the play influence the audience's initial perception of Argan?

8. How does irony come into play with Beralde and Toinette's suggestion that Argan become a doctor himself?

9. How is foreshadowing used in the announcement of the arrival of Thomas Diaforus?

10. In Act 3, Scene 2, what recurring plot point is introduced in the conversation between Beralde and Toinette?

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