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

2. What does Christian repeatedly protest he will do if Cyrano does not help him in Scene 6?
(a) Die
(b) Tell Roxane of his deceit
(c) Leave the Guards
(d) Seduce the Duenna

3. Why does Roxanne not want Cyrano to tell Christian what she wants him to discuss?
(a) He might prepare something beforehand
(b) He might try too hard to please her
(c) He might feel unsure fo himself
(d) He might be offended

4. Upon what subject does Roxane expect Christian to speak this night?
(a) The classical poets
(b) The afterlife
(c) The way or war
(d) No subject

5. What rhymed recipe does Ragueneau present to his poets?
(a) Braised pork with capers
(b) Game hen with shallots
(c) Raspberry cream puffs
(d) Almond cheese-cakes

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How many men does one cadet confide in Scene 9 were recently killed by Cyrano for talk of noses?

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

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

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

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