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

2. Who does Dorine ask Mariane if she loves in Act 2?
(a) Valere.
(b) Cleante.
(c) Tartuffe.
(d) Orgon.

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

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

5. What term does Mariane refer to Tartuffe as just after her father asks if she will marry him?
(a) A rodent.
(b) A recluse.
(c) An imposter.
(d) A hypocrite.

Short Answer Questions

1. In which manner does Orgon say he needs to speak with his daughter in Act 2?

2. Which two characters converse with one another just after Madame Pernelle leaves in Act 1?

3. Finish the sentence: "Monsieur, can you pose as one who's sage, gravely stroking your breaded _____."

4. Finish Orgon's description of Tartuffe in Act 2: "He is a holy man and ______ poor."

5. Who hides in the room while Orgon and Mariane talk at the beginning of Act 2?

Short Essay Questions

1. What excuse does Tartuffe give to Cleante when he asks him to help Orgon and Damis make up?

2. Describe the interaction between Orgon and Mariane near the beginning of Act 4.

3. What does Mariane tell Dorine regarding her father's request that she marry Tartuffe in Act 2?

4. How does Tartuffe talk Orgon into letting him hold some documents for him?

5. What happens when Mr. Loyal knocks on the door of Orgon's home?

6. How does Damis react after he learns of Tartuffe's betrayal of Orgon?

7. In what way does Dorine say Tartuffe has changed since he came to their house?

8. How does Dorine describe Tartuffe to Orgon in Act 1?

9. Describe Tartuffe and Elmire's interaction when he first enters the room to talk with her in Act 4.

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

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