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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who says, "My entire life has been soiled with evil; it's nothing but a mass of sinful upheaval"?
(a) Elmire.
(b) Orgon.
(c) Tartuffe.
(d) Damis.

2. Whose plan to expose Tartuffe is to "invalidate all his contracts"?
(a) Orgon's.
(b) Cleante's.
(c) Elmire's.
(d) Dorine's.

3. To whom does the court bailiff say Orgon's house belongs to in Act 5?
(a) Cleante.
(b) Madame Pernelle.
(c) Orgon.
(d) Tartuffe.

4. What is the name of Madame Pernelle's servant in the play?
(a) Laurent.
(b) Filipote.
(c) Dorine.
(d) Tartuffe.

5. Who is described as, "With what a fair appearance and touching zeal" who "hides a wicked soul and a heart of steel"?
(a) Dorine.
(b) Tartuffe.
(c) Elmire.
(d) Mariane.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who says, "We are wasting time on foolish pleasures that would be better spent in active measures"?

2. Who tells Orgon to keep his "anger within measure" in Act 2?

3. Who does Dorine say has "little ways" of convincing Tartuffe in Act 3?

4. What does Orgon tell Mariane "the contract" of her marriage to Tartuffe will make her?

5. What does Elmire say "aids in our misdirection" when planning her scheme against Tartuffe with Dorine in Act 4?

(see the answer key)

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