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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Elmire threaten to do to Tartuffe near the end of their private conversation in Act 3?
(a) Kiss him.
(b) Tell her husband that he hit on her.
(c) Kill him.
(d) Expose him as a liar.

2. In Act 1, what ailment does Dorine tell Orgon his wife suffered while he was gone?
(a) Breathing problems.
(b) A fever and headache.
(c) A fever.
(d) The flu.

3. Whom does Orgon tell Cleante causes Tartuffe to often become jealous in Act 1?
(a) Elmire.
(b) Mariane.
(c) Filipote.
(d) Dorine.

4. What is the relationship between Elmire and Mariane?
(a) Stepmother and stepdaughter.
(b) Sisters.
(c) Cousins.
(d) Mother and daughter.

5. Who describes Tartuffe as "a base usurper with a power tyrannic"?
(a) Elmire.
(b) Dorine.
(c) Cleante.
(d) Damis.

Short Answer Questions

1. Finish the sentence: "Let's quickly put it all in writing, and let their envy choke on its own _______."

2. Which of the following does Orgon NOT say regarding Tartuffe during his conversation with Mariane in Act 2?

3. Whom does Madame Pernelle call "a bold lassy" in Act 1?

4. Finish the sentence: "He is a man of repute in the land of his birth, and, even as he is, he's a man of ______."

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

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