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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who asks, "Are you mocking us with your silly plot"?
(a) Orgon.
(b) Damis.
(c) Dorine.
(d) Elmire.

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

3. Finish Orgon's description of Tartuffe in Act 2: "He is a holy man and ______ poor."
(a) Honestly.
(b) Gratefully.
(c) Sadly.
(d) Nobly.

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

5. What does Dorine tell Mariane and Valere they will do to prevent the marriage of Mariane and Tartuffe?
(a) "Gather friends and family."
(b) "Get prepared to fight."
(c) "Get witnesses and proof."
(d) "Wage war on every front."

6. What is Mariane's response to Valere when he asks her what she thinks of her father's decision for her to marry Tartuffe?
(a) "I don't know".
(b) "It will not happen."
(c) "It can't be true."
(d) "What do you think?"

7. Which of the following does Orgon NOT say regarding Tartuffe during his conversation with Mariane in Act 2?
(a) He is handsome.
(b) His merits shine like a pearl.
(c) That he should be her husband.
(d) He warms the heart.

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

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

10. What does Dorine say a woman in love needs to have a heart made of?
(a) Gold.
(b) Steel.
(c) Granite.
(d) Rock.

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

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

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

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

15. What question does Dorine ask Mariane just after Orgon leaves the room in Act 2?
(a) "What do you think of this?"
(b) "Have you entirely lost your voice and heart?"
(c) "Is this what you want?"
(d) "What's going to happen?"

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Orgon look in just before starting his conversation with Mariane?

2. Who is described as "fat and flabby, with red lips, and a shining face"?

3. What is the name of Tartuffe's servant?

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

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

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