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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Tartuffe tell Elmire most of his prayers have been geared to during their private conversation in Act 3?
(a) For her good health.
(b) For the homeless.
(c) For Orgon.
(d) For more wealth.

2. Who says, "My breast does not hold a heart of stone"?
(a) Elmire.
(b) Tartuffe.
(c) Dorine.
(d) Damis.

3. Who says, "I'll stoke up the fires of his insolent heart and give a free field to this base upstart"?
(a) Mariane.
(b) Elmire.
(c) Dorine.
(d) Orgon.

4. Finish the sentence: "You all hate him, and now I see how my wife, children, and maid conspire against his ______."
(a) Strife.
(b) Holiness.
(c) Path.
(d) Life.

5. What does Cleante tell Tartuffe he believes his arguments seem like at the beginning of Act 4?
(a) Daydreams.
(b) Tall tales.
(c) Truth.
(d) Ruses.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Orgon say will be his only legal heir at the end of Act 3?

2. Who does Damis refer to as a "vulgar coxcomb" in Act 3?

3. What does Cleante ask Tartuffe to help him with at the beginning of Act 4?

4. What does Tartuffe say caused his heart to belong to Elmire and made her his queen in Act 3?

5. What does Damis do undetected during the conversation between Tartuffe and Elmire in Act 3?

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