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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who says, "Gossip is singing a little ditty"?
(a) Cleante.
(b) Valere.
(c) Dorine.
(d) Orgon.

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

3. What is the name of the neighbor Dorine accuses of slandering the family's house in the play?
(a) Doris.
(b) Lilly.
(c) Daphne.
(d) Ava.

4. What does Elmire try and talk Damis out of doing in Act 3?
(a) Framing Tartuffe.
(b) Telling Orgon about Tartuffe's advances on her.
(c) Kicking Tartuffe out of the house.
(d) Killing Tartuffe.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Tartuffe tell Cleante would be "a huge scandal"?

2. Finish the sentence: "And should we always respond to small slips with fire in our eyes and abuse on our ___."

3. Why does Elmire begin coughing during her encounter with Tartuffe in Act 4?

4. What does Damis say he wants to do when he comes out of hiding in Act 3?

5. What does Dorine do every time Orgon turns towards her during their argument in Act 2?

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