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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 3, Scene 7 | Act 3, Scene 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What musical metaphor does Roxane use to describe love in Scene 5?
(a) Theme
(b) Melody
(c) Vibratto
(d) Pitch

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

3. Where does Ragueneau take his poets to give Cyrano privacy?
(a) The street
(b) The cellar
(c) A back room
(d) Upstairs

4. 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) Spanish drama
(d) English dumbshow

5. To what literary work does the Comte de Guiche refer Cyrano before leaving the shop?
(a) Don Quixote
(b) The Seven Caesars
(c) Henry V
(d) Candide

Short Answer Questions

1. What rhymed recipe does Ragueneau present to his poets?

2. How does Roxane describe Christian's wit to Cyrano in Scene 1?

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

4. What does Ragueneau actively ignore in his shop?

5. What does Cyrano implore Roxane not to do in Scene 7?

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