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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 4, Scene 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. For whose benefit do the cadets demand Cyrano tell the story of his recent victory over the brigands?
(a) Ragueneau
(b) Christian
(c) Carbon
(d) Le Bret

2. What does Christian protest he contains within himself?
(a) Despair
(b) Hope
(c) A rival
(d) A devil

3. What does Christian insist he can do to help Cyrano?
(a) Annul his marriage to Roxane
(b) Die on the field of battle
(c) Never speak a word of the truth to Roxane
(d) Smuggle Cyrano from the field

4. From whom is the letter that the monk bears?
(a) Ragueneau
(b) de Guiche
(c) La Duenna
(d) Valvert

5. At the beginning of Scene 8, what supposed vice does Cyrano defend to Le Bret?
(a) Exaggeration
(b) Obsession
(c) Arrogance
(d) Stubbornness

Short Answer Questions

1. What information does Christian draw from Cyrano at the beginning of Scene 9?

2. What emotion does Roxane display when reading de Guiche's letter to the monk?

3. Where does Cyrano go onstage in Scene 12?

4. What false promise to the monk does Roxane claim is in de Guiche's letter?

5. In his long monologue of Scene 8, Cyrano mentions the name of his editor. Who is it?

(see the answer key)

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