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Saturday, January 9, 2010

QUESTION 92




THIS FRENCH PLAY WAS PRESENTED BEFORE LOUIS XIV. IT IS ABOUT A MIDDLE CLASS MAN WHO WANTS TO LIVE A RICH MAN'S LIFE AND LEARNS GENTLEMANLY ARTS OF FENCING,PHILOSOPHY AND MUSIC.HE IS DELIGHTED WHEN THE TAYLOR MOCKINGLY ADDRESSES HIM AS "MY LORD". BUT HE MAKES A FOOL OF HIMSELF IN HIS ATTEMPT TO RISE ABOVE THE MIDDLE CLASS. WHICH PLAY? WHO WROTE IT?

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  1. The Middle Class Gentleman.

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  2. The middle class gentleman

    by Moliere

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  3. LE BOURGEOIS GENTILHOMME/ THE MIDDLE CLASS GENTLEMAN BY MOLIERE.

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