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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 question does Dorine ask Mariane just after Orgon leaves the room in Act 2?
(a) "What's going to happen?"
(b) "Is this what you want?"
(c) "What do you think of this?"
(d) "Have you entirely lost your voice and heart?"

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

3. Who does Madame Pernelle slap in Act 1?
(a) Dorine.
(b) Elmire.
(c) Filipote.
(d) Damis.

4. Whom does Orgon tell Cleante causes Tartuffe to often become jealous in Act 1?
(a) Elmire.
(b) Mariane.
(c) Dorine.
(d) Filipote.

5. What does Dorine tell Mariane and Valere at the very end of Act 2?
(a) "You go off that way, and you go the other."
(b) "Go off together happily."
(c) "Make up and celebrate."
(d) "Go be happy and conspire."

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Dorine tell Mariane and Valere they will do to prevent the marriage of Mariane and Tartuffe?

2. Who asks, "Are you mocking us with your silly plot"?

3. What derogatory name does Madame Pernelle call her servant just before leaving the house in Act 1?

4. What does Cleante say he fears at the end of Act 1?

5. Who says, "Your injustice to me has a mortal sting!"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Valere's reaction just after learning of Orgon's plans for Mariane to marry Tartuffe?

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

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

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

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

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

7. What response does Cleante give Tartuffe when he refuses to help mend Orgon and Damis' relationship?

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

9. What does Cleante say regarding Orgon's temper in Act 5?

10. Why does Elmire ask Tartuffe to go into the hallway during their encounter in Act 4?

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