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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Damis ask Cleante to discuss with Orgon just before he comes into the scene in Act 1?
(a) About his inheritance.
(b) About the marriage of Mariane.
(c) About a job.
(d) About evicting Tartuffe.

3. Who says, "Gossip is singing a little ditty"?
(a) Dorine.
(b) Orgon.
(c) Valere.
(d) Cleante.

4. Who hides in the room while Orgon and Mariane talk at the beginning of Act 2?
(a) Elmire.
(b) Valere.
(c) Dorine.
(d) Tartuffe.

5. Finish the sentence: "I am cutting you off and what is worse I am leaving you with my heart-felt _______."
(a) Curse.
(b) Hearse.
(c) Purse.
(d) Nurse.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who is the first person Orgon speaks with after hearing of Tartuffe's advances on Elmire?

3. Finish the sentence: "Let's join forces, I beg you, and try through skill or cunning to undo the vicious scheme that's left us all so ______."

4. Who says, "You have your own reasons for acting so, and I have reasons for my quid-pro-quo"?

5. Who says, "May a bolt of lightning now strike me dumb, may everybody treat me like a bum"?

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