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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who calls Tartuffe "a treacherous cloak from all we venerate"?
(a) Orgon.
(b) Dorine.
(c) Damis.
(d) Elmire.

2. What does Damis do undetected during the conversation between Tartuffe and Elmire in Act 3?
(a) Listens at the door.
(b) Opens the closet door.
(c) Approaches Tartuffe.
(d) Sneaks out.

3. Whom does Madame Pernelle call "a bold lassy" in Act 1?
(a) Dorine.
(b) Filipote.
(c) Elmire.
(d) Mariane.

4. Finish the sentence: "But I've just heard word of this marriage, and I trust it is only ____."
(a) Assured.
(b) Circumstance.
(c) Talk.
(d) Verbiage.

5. Who says, "You may soon feel upon your black soutane, Monsieur Bailiff, the heavy weight of this cane"?
(a) Orgon.
(b) Damis.
(c) Elmire.
(d) Cleante.

Short Answer Questions

1. Finish the sentence: "Monsieur, can you pose as one who's sage, gravely stroking your breaded _____."

2. What does Tartuffe claim Orgon's family doubts about him near the end of Act 3?

3. Who does Dorine say has "little ways" of convincing Tartuffe in Act 3?

4. What reason does Tartuffe give Cleante for leaving him in Act 4?

5. What does Madame Pernelle tell Orgon people "always resent" in Act 5?

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