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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. How long does the monk say Cyrano needs to detain the Comte de Guiche?
(a) Indefinitely
(b) An hour
(c) 15 minutes
(d) 2 hours
2. What rhymed recipe does Ragueneau present to his poets?
(a) Braised pork with capers
(b) Game hen with shallots
(c) Almond cheese-cakes
(d) Raspberry cream puffs
3. Which of the following is not a person who arrives to see the play-within-the-play in the first scene?
(a) A cavelier
(b) A page
(c) A poet
(d) A pickpocket
4. When does Christian intend to declare his love to Roxane?
(a) Tomorrow
(b) That night
(c) On Friday
(d) Next week
5. What does Cyrano demand Christian do in the first line of Scene 10?
(a) Apologize
(b) Embrace him
(c) Leave the shop
(d) Draw his sword
6. At the end of Scene 7, Cyrano is shocked that Christian requests what of Roxane?
(a) That she kiss him
(b) That she marry him
(c) That she leave Paris immediately
(d) That she never see him again
7. What is Ragueneau's profession?
(a) Courtier
(b) Musketeer
(c) Chef
(d) Actor
8. What two "serpents" does Christian claim his love has strangled?
(a) Agony and Idiocy
(b) Pride and Mistrust
(c) Fear and Longing
(d) Solitude and Despair
9. Under what name did Roxane go when she was younger?
(a) Constance
(b) Yvette
(c) Magdeleine
(d) Helene
10. What musical metaphor does Roxane use to describe love in Scene 5?
(a) Theme
(b) Melody
(c) Vibratto
(d) Pitch
11. In what theatrical term does Cyrano characterize the battle that is about to about to take place at the end of Act 1?
(a) English dumbshow
(b) German opera
(c) Spanish drama
(d) French farce
12. Upon what subject does Roxane expect Christian to speak this night?
(a) The way or war
(b) The afterlife
(c) The classical poets
(d) No subject
13. Which of the following is not a food that one of Ragueneau's cooks brings him?
(a) Mince-pie
(b) Pork loin
(c) Nougat
(d) Candied fruit
14. In his long monologue of Scene 8, Cyrano mentions the name of his editor. Who is it?
(a) Michel
(b) Cicero
(c) Sercy
(d) Odeon
15. Who warns Christian that Ligniere's life is in danger?
(a) Ragueneau
(b) Roxane
(c) A pickpocket
(d) The foodseller
Short Answer Questions
1. What does one cadet say Christian will look like after Cyrano is finished with him?
2. At what time is Roxane meeting Cyrano?
3. What is Cyrano doing when he enters in Act 3, Scene 1?
4. What are the players of the Hotel de Bourgogne doing at the end of the first act?
5. What does Lise use as wrapping for Ragueneau's food?
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