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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 4, Scene 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 cavelier
(d) A page

2. What famous French literary figure appears in the fourth scene of the play?
(a) D'Artagnan
(b) Edmond Dantes
(c) Madame Le Farge
(d) Tartuffe

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

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

5. Which of the following items is not something the cadets seek out at the beginning of Scene 6?
(a) A pocket-mirror
(b) Cologne
(c) Soap
(d) A razor

Short Answer Questions

1. What part of Cyrano's body is injured in Scene 3?

2. In his long monologue of Scene 8, Cyrano mentions the name of his editor. Who is it?

3. In Scene 7, Christian compares his love to two mythological figures: Cupid and whom?

4. What does Cyrano give to Christian at the end of Scene 10?

5. What does Cyrano demand Christian do in the first line of Scene 10?

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