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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Cyrano implore Roxane not to do in Scene 7?
(a) Speak ill of him
(b) Leave for bed
(c) Descend from the balcony
(d) Kiss him

2. In Scene 6, what does Roxane say she would do if her beloved were stupid?
(a) Find another
(b) Not care
(c) Die
(d) Laugh

3. From whom is the letter that the monk bears?
(a) La Duenna
(b) Ragueneau
(c) de Guiche
(d) Valvert

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) English dumbshow
(b) French farce
(c) German opera
(d) Spanish drama

5. How does Roxane describe Christian's wit to Cyrano in Scene 1?
(a) Equal to Cyrano's
(b) Abysmal
(c) Nearly as good as Cyrano's
(d) Better than Cyrano's

6. What two drinks does Roxane compare to express her disappointment with Christian's words to her?
(a) Cider and champagne
(b) Water and nectar
(c) Beer and sherry
(d) Juice and wine

7. What does Cyrano demand Christian do in the first line of Scene 10?
(a) Apologize
(b) Draw his sword
(c) Leave the shop
(d) Embrace him

8. How many men does one cadet confide in Scene 9 were recently killed by Cyrano for talk of noses?
(a) 2
(b) 5
(c) 12
(d) 20

9. 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

10. What does Cyrano offer to Christian to aid him in his pursuit of Roxane?
(a) His protection
(b) His sword
(c) His clout
(d) His eloquence

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

12. Who, at the beginning of the Act is relating his misfortunes to the Duenna?
(a) Ligniere
(b) Ragueneau
(c) Cyrano
(d) Christian

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

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

15. When does Christian intend to declare his love to Roxane?
(a) On Friday
(b) Tomorrow
(c) Next week
(d) That night

Short Answer Questions

1. What famous historical figure does the Comte de Guiche claim as his uncle?

2. Who does Cyrano chase from the shop at the end of Scene 4?

3. What emotion does Roxane display when reading de Guiche's letter to the monk?

4. Which of the following is not someone to whom Roxane says goodbye as she returns from Clomire's?

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

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