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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Finish the sentence: "Monsieur, can you pose as one who's sage, gravely stroking your breaded _____."
(a) Cage.
(b) Wage.
(c) Visage.
(d) Page.

2. What does Orgon look in just before starting his conversation with Mariane?
(a) A desk drawer.
(b) The closet.
(c) The hallway.
(d) His coat pocket.

3. Who hides in the room while Orgon and Mariane talk at the beginning of Act 2?
(a) Tartuffe.
(b) Valere.
(c) Dorine.
(d) Elmire.

4. What does Cleante say he fears at the end of Act 1?
(a) That Tartuffe will marry Elmire.
(b) That Tartuffe will become Orgon's heir.
(c) That Orgon will break his promise.
(d) That Orgon will disown him.

5. Who tells Orgon to keep his "anger within measure" in Act 2?
(a) Elmire.
(b) Dorine.
(c) Mariane.
(d) Cleante.

6. Which two characters converse with one another just after Madame Pernelle leaves in Act 1?
(a) Orgon and Tartuffe.
(b) Cleante and Dorine.
(c) Elmire and Orgon.
(d) Elmire and Dorine.

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

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

9. Who does Cleante question Orgon about near the end of Act 1?
(a) Madame Pernelle.
(b) Tartuffe.
(c) Elmire.
(d) Damis.

10. Whom does Madame Pernelle call "a fool of the worst kind"?
(a) Orgon.
(b) Damis.
(c) Cleante.
(d) Tartuffe.

11. What does Orgon claim he has given Dorine "too much" of during their argument in Act 2?
(a) Books.
(b) Liberty.
(c) Wine.
(d) Words.

12. Who is Cleante's sister in the play?
(a) Madame Pernelle.
(b) Dorine.
(c) Elmire.
(d) Mariane.

13. What does Orgon tell Cleante that Tartuffe did with the first donation he gave to him at the end of Act 1?
(a) Asked for more.
(b) Tried to give some back.
(c) Bought new clothes.
(d) Spent it on food for others.

14. Whom does Madame Pernelle call "a bold lassy" in Act 1?
(a) Dorine.
(b) Mariane.
(c) Filipote.
(d) Elmire.

15. What does Orgon claim Tartuffe has a "powerful love" for that makes him renounce wealth?
(a) The eternal.
(b) Peace.
(c) Others.
(d) The Lord.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the relationship between Elmire and Mariane?

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

3. What question does Dorine ask Mariane just after Orgon leaves the room in Act 2?

4. In Act 1, what ailment does Dorine tell Orgon his wife suffered while he was gone?

5. Which character is the first to speak in Act 2?

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