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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. At what time is Roxane meeting Cyrano?
(a) Seven o'clock
(b) Noon
(c) Midnight
(d) 3 o'clock

2. In what theatrical term does Cyrano characterize the battle that is about to about to take place at the end of Act 1?
(a) French farce
(b) German opera
(c) English dumbshow
(d) Spanish drama

3. In Scene 5, what does Cyrano protest he has never done, though he has good cause?
(a) Cried
(b) Seduced a woman
(c) Killed a man
(d) Overslept

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. 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 page
(c) A poet
(d) A cavelier

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of Ragueneau's shop?

2. Where is Ligniere going at the end of Scene 2?

3. Where does Cyrano appear in Scene 3?

4. In Scene 2, Ragueneau wraps an order of patties in a sonnet to whom?

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

(see the answer key)

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