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

2. What derogatory name does Madame Pernelle call her servant just before leaving the house in Act 1?
(a) A lass.
(b) A dog.
(c) A slut.
(d) A waste.

3. What does Damis do undetected during the conversation between Tartuffe and Elmire in Act 3?
(a) Approaches Tartuffe.
(b) Sneaks out.
(c) Listens at the door.
(d) Opens the closet door.

4. Which character is the first to speak in Act 2?
(a) Elmire.
(b) Orgon.
(c) Dorine.
(d) Cleante.

5. What does Dorine tell Tartuffe she believes is "out of fashion" in Act 3?
(a) Husbands.
(b) Love.
(c) Lust.
(d) Clothes.

Short Answer Questions

1. In which manner does Orgon say he needs to speak with his daughter in Act 2?

2. 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 ______."

3. Who says, "Do you think that I should perpetuate the flame of love that I have felt of late?"

4. What does Cleante describe Orgon's descriptions of Tartuffe as near the end of Act 1?

5. Finish the sentence: "And now life is sweet as a ______".

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