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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 4, Scene 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why, according to Cyrano, do the Spanish troops never notice when he crosses their lines?
(a) They are asleep
(b) They have terrible hearing
(c) He is too stealthy
(d) They are drunk

2. To what English lord does Cyrano compare himself in Scene 10?
(a) Buckingham
(b) Essex
(c) York
(d) Gloucester

3. Which is the first instrument that Cyrano instructs be played in Scene 3?
(a) The drum
(b) The fife
(c) The lyre
(d) The castanet

4. Why does de Guiche have such difficulty finding Roxane's house at the beginning of Scene 13?
(a) He is wearing a mask
(b) He has never been there before
(c) The night is pitch black
(d) He has poor eyesight

5. What is the name of Ragueneau's shop?
(a) Cookshop of Poets
(b) Cookshop of Cadets
(c) Cookshop of Comtes
(d) Cookshop of Citizens

Short Answer Questions

1. In Scene 6, one cadet tells Roxanne that he is crying for what reason?

2. Who, at the beginning of the Act is relating his misfortunes to the Duenna?

3. At the beginning of Scene 8, what supposed vice does Cyrano defend to Le Bret?

4. What does Cyrano give Bellerose at the end of Scene 4?

5. Who does Cyrano strike at the end of Act 2?

(see the answer key)

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