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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 is Beline's relation to Angelique?
(a) Servant.
(b) Stepmother.
(c) Aunt.
(d) Sister.

2. What does Mr. Purgon instructed Argan to eat?
(a) Boiled meat.
(b) Cakes and pies.
(c) Roasted meat.
(d) Pudding.

3. How many francs does Argan have hidden in his room?
(a) 0.
(b) 100,000.
(c) 20,000.
(d) 50,000.

4. Who is the speech that Thomas Diaforus mistakenly delivers to Angelique actually intended for?
(a) Toinette.
(b) Cleante.
(c) Beline.
(d) Argan.

5. Who masquerades as a music teacher?
(a) Angelique
(b) Thomas Diaforus.
(c) Cleante.
(d) Punchinello.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Mr. Bonnefoy's profession?

2. What does Thomas Diaforus call Argan?

3. What does Beralde ask Argan to do in front of the apothecary?

4. What causes Beralde to comment that Argan must be feeling better?

5. Who remarks to Argan, "And you're not even ill"?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is foreshadowing used in Toinette's announcement of a new doctor's arrival?

2. Why does Beline report on Angelique before she goes into town?

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

4. How does Beline's reaction to seeing her husband dead affect Argan?

5. Explain how the plot element of secrecy is introduced in Act 1, Scene 3.

6. How does Toinette use Argan's illness to keep him away from Angelique's wedding?

7. What does Beralde say about Beline that agrees with an earlier statement made by Toinette?

8. How is foreshadowing used in Beline's admittance of her true feelings for Argan?

9. What physical tactics were used to help Toinette's disguise work?

10. Besides fear of his own death, what does Argan fear his pretending may cause to occur?

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