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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 described as "a sly conjecture or a wicked smear"?
(a) The rumor of Mariane marrying Tartuffe.
(b) Tartuffe's reputation.
(c) Orgon's opinion of Tartuffe.
(d) For Mariane to marry Valere.

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

3. Who is described as "fat and flabby, with red lips, and a shining face"?
(a) Tartuffe.
(b) Madame Pernelle.
(c) Elmire.
(d) Orgon.

4. Whom does Cleante say wants to marry Mariane during his conversation with Orgon near the end of Act 1?
(a) Laurent.
(b) Tartuffe.
(c) Damis.
(d) Valere.

5. Who is described as "a holy man whom all should hear"?
(a) Damis.
(b) Orgon.
(c) Cleante.
(d) Tartuffe.

Short Answer Questions

1. Finish the sentence: "But I've just heard word of this marriage, and I trust it is only ____."

2. Who is the author of the play Le Tartuffe?

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

4. Which of the following does Orgon NOT say regarding Tartuffe during his conversation with Mariane in Act 2?

5. What does Orgon tell Cleante that Tartuffe did with the first donation he gave to him at the end of Act 1?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Tartuffe react towards Orgon after Damis reveals that he saw him making advances towards Elmire?

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

3. How does Orgon react when Damis reveals that Tartuffe made advances towards Elmire?

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

5. What is the nature of Orgon and Mariane's discussion at the beginning of Act 2 just before Tartuffe is brought up?

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

7. Describe what happens when Damis reveals himself hiding in the room after Tartuffe makes advances towards Elmire.

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

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

10. What does Cleante come to talk to Tartuffe about at the beginning of Act 4?

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