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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who tells Orgon that Tartuffe has shown his friend's papers to someone in Act 5?
(a) Cleante.
(b) Valere.
(c) The court bailiff.
(d) Damis.

3. Who is Cleante's sister in the play?
(a) Madame Pernelle.
(b) Dorine.
(c) Elmire.
(d) Mariane.

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

5. What words does Tartuffe use to describe himself to Orgon after being confronted by him in Act 3?
(a) Wicked and culpable.
(b) Sorry and pitiful.
(c) Ashamed and sad.
(d) Regretful and worried.

Short Answer Questions

1. What time does Tartuffe say it is when he leaves Cleante in Act 4?

2. What term does Mariane refer to Tartuffe as just after her father asks if she will marry him?

3. What does Tartuffe do when Orgon confronts him with Damis' claims near the end of Act 3?

4. What does Orgon say "troubles him greatly" at the beginning of Act 5?

5. Which of the following people does Dorine NOT tell Mariane and Valere to speak with regarding their plans of stopping Mariane and Tartuffe's marriage?

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