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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Cyrano give to Christian at the end of Scene 10?
(a) His sword
(b) His love letter
(c) His plume
(d) A mask

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

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

4. To whom does Cyrano send his pages in Scene 1?
(a) Lise
(b) Montfleury
(c) de Guiche
(d) Valvert

5. How does Cyrano convince the Duenna to leave him alone with Roxane?
(a) He sends her on an errand
(b) He pays her some money
(c) He gives her pastries
(d) He threatens her

6. What does one cadet say Christian will look like after Cyrano is finished with him?
(a) Flayed rabbit
(b) Mince-meat
(c) Shucked corn
(d) Chopped wood

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

8. In Scene 7, Christian compares his love to two mythological figures: Cupid and whom?
(a) Medusa
(b) Theseus
(c) Hermes
(d) Hercules

9. How many enemies does Le Bret estimate Cyrano made this evening?
(a) 48
(b) None
(c) 100
(d) 23

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

11. 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) Seduce the Duenna
(d) Leave the Guards

12. To which two classical figures does Cyrano compare Roxane in Scene 5?
(a) Cleopatra and Bernice
(b) Antigone and Livia
(c) Hecuba and Eurydice
(d) Penelope and Antonia

13. Where does Roxane depart at the end of Scene 5?
(a) Raguenau's shop
(b) Her lodging
(c) Comte de Guiche's convent
(d) Clomire's

14. What does Christian tell Cyrano is his only hope for staying in Roxane's affections?
(a) Staying silent
(b) Writing her a sonnet
(c) Winning a duel
(d) Kissing her

15. What emotion does Roxane display when reading de Guiche's letter to the monk?
(a) Confusion
(b) Anguish
(c) Elation
(d) Giddiness

Short Answer Questions

1. In Scene 4, how does Cyrano think Christian looks when he enters?

2. What two "serpents" does Christian claim his love has strangled?

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

4. What false promise to the monk does Roxane claim is in de Guiche's letter?

5. Under what name did Roxane go when she was younger?

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