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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 5, Scene 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Cyrano do every morning before dawn?
(a) Delivers Christian's letter
(b) Rouses the troops with a bawdy poem
(c) Prays
(d) Scavenges for food in the woods

2. What reason does the Comte de Guiche give for leaving at the end of Scene 5?
(a) He must polish his armor
(b) He must strike his tent
(c) He must inspect his guns
(d) He must rally the other troops

3. What does Mother Margaret forbid her Sisters from doing regarding Cyrano?
(a) Talking to him
(b) Trying to convert him
(c) Being rude to him
(d) Cooking him food

4. Which of the following is not a category of insult that Cyrano mentions in his famous nose speech?
(a) Mincing
(b) Learned
(c) Drunken
(d) Agressive

5. Where does Roxane depart at the end of Scene 5?
(a) Raguenau's shop
(b) Comte de Guiche's convent
(c) Clomire's
(d) Her lodging

Short Answer Questions

1. To what English lord does Cyrano compare himself in Scene 10?

2. At what part of Roxanne's body does Christian marvel when she embraces him in Scene 5?

3. Which major character is not present onstage at the beginning of Scene 10?

4. To what classical text does Roxane refer when expressing her admiration for Christian in Scene 8?

5. At the beginning of Scene 7, who informs Cyrano that a crowd wishes to see him outside?

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