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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. Which of the following items is not a part of Cyrano's dinner?
(a) A sliver of ham
(b) A glass of water
(c) A grape
(d) A macaroon

2. What are the players of the Hotel de Bourgogne doing at the end of the first act?
(a) Dancing
(b) Sleeping
(c) Rehearsing
(d) Eating

3. What does Cyrano warn the officers at the theatre not to do as the ruffians attack?
(a) Pray
(b) Hold him back
(c) Flee
(d) Help him

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

5. What part of Cyrano's body is injured in Scene 3?
(a) His nose
(b) His thigh
(c) His shoulder
(d) His hand

Short Answer Questions

1. At the end of Scene 3, what does Cyrano say he has done many times?

2. In Scene 5, what does Cyrano protest he has never done, though he has good cause?

3. What famous French literary figure appears in the fourth scene of the play?

4. Which of the following is not a person who arrives to see the play-within-the-play in the first scene?

5. Who challenges Cyrano to a duel after he ejects Montfleury?

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