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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Dorine describe as "nuts" in Act 1?
(a) Damis.
(b) Madame Pernelle.
(c) Tartuffe.
(d) Orgon.

2. Who says, "You have your own reasons for acting so, and I have reasons for my quid-pro-quo"?
(a) Elmire.
(b) Cleante.
(c) Damis.
(d) Tartuffe.

3. What does Orgon tell Damis will happen that very night just to see him "bellow" near the end of Act 3?
(a) The marriage between Tartuffe and Mariane.
(b) The marriage of Mariane and Valere.
(c) Naming Tartuffe as his heir.
(d) The death of Tartuffe.

4. Finish the sentence: "A father's love brings true _____".
(a) Harmony.
(b) Felicity.
(c) Acceptance.
(d) Completion.

5. Who is the author of the play Le Tartuffe?
(a) Moliere.
(b) Jean Giraudoux.
(c) Gustave Flaubert.
(d) Victor Hugo.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is described as "a sly conjecture or a wicked smear"?

2. What does Elmire make Tartuffe promise to do near the end of their private conversation in Act 3?

3. Who calls Tartuffe a "false Capuchin" in the play?

4. Who hides in the room while Orgon and Mariane talk at the beginning of Act 2?

5. Which of the following does Orgon NOT say Tartuffe did the first time they met?

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