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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 does Dorine refer to Tartuffe as during her argument with Orgon in Act 2?
(a) Rude and unseemly.
(b) Bum and bigot.
(c) Loser and scum.
(d) Ridiculous.

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

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

5. What does Dorine do every time Orgon turns towards her during their argument in Act 2?
(a) Looks away.
(b) Pleads with him.
(c) Closes her eyes.
(d) Stops talking.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Orgon claim he has given Dorine "too much" of during their argument in Act 2?

2. Finish the sentence: "He is a man of repute in the land of his birth, and, even as he is, he's a man of ______."

3. Finish the sentence: "Claiming our crime was truly gigantic in mixing what's holy with what's ______".

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

5. What does Elmire refer to as a "dreadful chore" to Cleante in Act 1?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is the nature of Orgon's friend Argas' documents?

3. How does Orgon react after Cleante tells him to stop acting angry in Act 5?

4. How does Elmire react when she realizes Tartuffe is making advances towards her in Act 3?

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

6. What news does Valere share when he first appears in Act 5?

7. Describe Dorine and Cleante's pleas to Orgon regarding Mariane's marriage in Act 4.

8. What does Cleante scold Orgon about at the beginning of Act 5?

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

10. What does Orgon ask Dorine about when he first enters the scene in Act 1?

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