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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 2, Scene 2 | Act 2, Scene 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Scene 2, Ragueneau wraps an order of patties in a sonnet to whom?
(a) Penelope
(b) Andramoche
(c) Eleanor
(d) Phyllis

2. To which two classical figures does Cyrano compare Roxane in Scene 5?
(a) Cleopatra and Bernice
(b) Penelope and Antonia
(c) Hecuba and Eurydice
(d) Antigone and Livia

3. Which of the following is not a person who arrives to see the play-within-the-play in the first scene?
(a) A pickpocket
(b) A poet
(c) A page
(d) A cavelier

4. About what subject, according to Lise, will Ragueneau stop talking?
(a) Cyrano's rhymed duel
(b) Cyrano fight with thr ruffians
(c) Meeting D'Artagnan
(d) Roxane's immenant arrival

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many enemies does Le Bret estimate Cyrano made this evening?

2. What profession is Lise's "friend" that enters in Scene 3?

3. Who informs Cyrano that Roxane wishes to meet him?

4. What are the players of the Hotel de Bourgogne doing at the end of the first act?

5. Which character is trying to seduce the Flower Girl in the first scene?

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