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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Which character is the first to speak in Act 2?
(a) Elmire.
(b) Dorine.
(c) Orgon.
(d) Cleante.
2. Who tells Orgon to keep his "anger within measure" in Act 2?
(a) Dorine.
(b) Cleante.
(c) Mariane.
(d) Elmire.
3. 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?
(a) Their friends.
(b) Orgon.
(c) Cleante.
(d) Elmire.
4. Who says, "Gossip is singing a little ditty"?
(a) Cleante.
(b) Valere.
(c) Orgon.
(d) Dorine.
5. What does Dorine refer to Tartuffe as during her argument with Orgon in Act 2?
(a) Rude and unseemly.
(b) Bum and bigot.
(c) Loser and scum.
(d) Ridiculous.
6. Who says, "Do you think that I should perpetuate the flame of love that I have felt of late?"
(a) Orgon.
(b) Dorine.
(c) Valere.
(d) Mariane.
7. What does Orgon tell Cleante when he asks what he should report to Valere regarding Mariane's marriage?
(a) "No more".
(b) "I dare say not".
(c) "Enough I say".
(d) "What you please".
8. Who is the author of the play Le Tartuffe?
(a) Jean Giraudoux.
(b) Victor Hugo.
(c) Moliere.
(d) Gustave Flaubert.
9. Whom does Orgon tell Cleante causes Tartuffe to often become jealous in Act 1?
(a) Dorine.
(b) Elmire.
(c) Filipote.
(d) Mariane.
10. Who is the first character to speak in the play?
(a) Madame Pernelle.
(b) Tartuffe.
(c) Dorine.
(d) Orgon.
11. What statement does Orgon continually repeat when discussing Tartuffe with Dorine in Act 1?
(a) "Poor fellow!"
(b) "My dear man!"
(c) "Oh my!"
(d) "Praise be!"
12. Finish Orgon's description of Tartuffe in Act 2: "He is a holy man and ______ poor."
(a) Gratefully.
(b) Sadly.
(c) Honestly.
(d) Nobly.
13. In Act 1, what ailment does Dorine tell Orgon his wife suffered while he was gone?
(a) The flu.
(b) Breathing problems.
(c) A fever and headache.
(d) A fever.
14. Who asks, "Are you mocking us with your silly plot"?
(a) Orgon.
(b) Elmire.
(c) Damis.
(d) Dorine.
15. Who is Cleante's sister in the play?
(a) Madame Pernelle.
(b) Elmire.
(c) Dorine.
(d) Mariane.
Short Answer Questions
1. Finish the sentence: "Monsieur, can you pose as one who's sage, gravely stroking your breaded _____."
2. What does Dorine tell Mariane and Valere at the very end of Act 2?
3. What term does Mariane refer to Tartuffe as just after her father asks if she will marry him?
4. Who does Madame Pernelle slap in Act 1?
5. Whom does Cleante say wants to marry Mariane during his conversation with Orgon near the end of Act 1?
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