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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whom does Madame Pernelle call "a fool of the worst kind"?
(a) Cleante.
(b) Tartuffe.
(c) Orgon.
(d) Damis.

2. What does Damis ask Cleante to discuss with Orgon just before he comes into the scene in Act 1?
(a) About his inheritance.
(b) About a job.
(c) About evicting Tartuffe.
(d) About the marriage of Mariane.

3. What does Orgon say Dorine's "twaddle" has caused him to become?
(a) Annoyed.
(b) Tired.
(c) High-strung.
(d) Upbeat.

4. Who says, "Do you think that I should perpetuate the flame of love that I have felt of late?"
(a) Mariane.
(b) Orgon.
(c) Valere.
(d) Dorine.

5. What does Dorine tell Mariane and Valere at the very end of Act 2?
(a) "Go off together happily."
(b) "Go be happy and conspire."
(c) "Make up and celebrate."
(d) "You go off that way, and you go the other."

Short Answer Questions

1. Who describes Tartuffe as "a base usurper with a power tyrannic"?

2. Whom does Orgon tell Cleante causes Tartuffe to often become jealous in Act 1?

3. Who does Dorine ask Mariane if she loves in Act 2?

4. Who asks, "Are you mocking us with your silly plot"?

5. What question does Dorine ask Mariane just after Orgon leaves the room in Act 2?

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