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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Finish the sentence: "Let's quickly put it all in writing, and let their envy choke on its own _______."
(a) Spiting.
(b) Creation.
(c) Terms.
(d) Might.

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

3. Who says, "The mere thought of this ingratitude makes me suffer from a torture so crude"?
(a) Orgon.
(b) Tartuffe.
(c) Damis.
(d) Cleante.

4. Who says, "My breast does not hold a heart of stone"?
(a) Damis.
(b) Tartuffe.
(c) Dorine.
(d) Elmire.

5. What name does Orgon frequently address when speaking to Tartuffe near the end of Act 3?
(a) Friend.
(b) Brother.
(c) Traitor.
(d) Scoundrel.

6. Where does Tartuffe place his hand on Elmire that causes her to become alarmed during their private conversation in Act 3?
(a) Her arm.
(b) Her neck.
(c) Her hand.
(d) Her knee.

7. What does Mariane tell Orgon she will join if he makes her marry Tartuffe?
(a) A grave.
(b) A brothel.
(c) A convent.
(d) A monastery.

8. Who does Orgon say will be his only legal heir at the end of Act 3?
(a) Cleante.
(b) Dorine.
(c) Tartuffe.
(d) Damis.

9. What does Tartuffe say caused his heart to belong to Elmire and made her his queen in Act 3?
(a) Her beauty.
(b) Her wittiness.
(c) Her supreme splendor.
(d) Her laughter.

10. Who does Orgon call a traitor near the end of Act 3?
(a) Dorine.
(b) Damis.
(c) Elmire.
(d) Tartuffe.

11. Finish the sentence: "I am cutting you off and what is worse I am leaving you with my heart-felt _______."
(a) Nurse.
(b) Curse.
(c) Hearse.
(d) Purse.

12. What words does Tartuffe use to describe himself to Orgon after being confronted by him in Act 3?
(a) Wicked and culpable.
(b) Regretful and worried.
(c) Sorry and pitiful.
(d) Ashamed and sad.

13. Who says, "I'll stoke up the fires of his insolent heart and give a free field to this base upstart"?
(a) Dorine.
(b) Mariane.
(c) Elmire.
(d) Orgon.

14. Finish the sentence: "Defying those with rumors to foment, he wants us together at every _____."
(a) Moment.
(b) Heartbreak.
(c) Torment.
(d) Storm.

15. Who says, "There is no pleasure in Heaven above sweeter than such words from the lips I love"?
(a) Tartuffe.
(b) Orgon.
(c) Elmire.
(d) Dorine.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Orgon do to Damis near the end of Act 3?

2. What does Damis tell Dorine he wants to do when Tartuffe and Elmire speak privately in Act 3?

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

4. Who says, "May a bolt of lightning now strike me dumb, may everybody treat me like a bum"?

5. What does Orgon tell Elmire he has given Tartuffe at the end of Act 4?

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