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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the relationship between Elmire and Mariane?
(a) Mother and daughter.
(b) Cousins.
(c) Stepmother and stepdaughter.
(d) Sisters.

2. What is the relationship between Damis and Mariane?
(a) Cousins.
(b) Uncle and niece.
(c) Brother and sister.
(d) Husband and wife.

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

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

5. What is the name of Madame Pernelle's servant in the play?
(a) Tartuffe.
(b) Laurent.
(c) Filipote.
(d) Dorine.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who says, "Gossip is singing a little ditty"?

2. What does Dorine tell Mariane and Valere at the very end of Act 2?

3. Whom does Madame Pernelle call "a fool of the worst kind"?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Dorine describe her scheme to get Orgon to distrust Tartuffe at the beginning of Act 3?

2. Describe the conversation between Elmire and Tartuffe when she tries to dissuade him from accepting Mariane's hand in marriage.

3. What reasons does Madame Pernelle give Elmire for leaving the house at the beginning of Act 1?

4. How does Dorine react toward Mariane regarding Orgon's request that she marry Tartuffe?

5. Describe the interaction between Tartuffe and the officer at the end of Act 5.

6. What does Elmire do just after Tartuffe begins making advances towards her in Act 4?

7. What does Dorine say to Mariane after Orgon leaves the room in Act 2?

8. Describe the interaction between Mariane and Valere after Dorine brings them back into the room at the end of Act 2.

9. In what way does Tartuffe "put the moves" on Elmire near the beginning of Act 3?

10. How does Orgon react toward Dorine's negative descriptions of Tartuffe in Act 2?

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