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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Cyrano strike at the end of Act 2?
(a) A poet
(b) Christian
(c) Carbon
(d) The musketeer

2. Who climbs Roxane's balcony at the end of Scene 6?
(a) Christian
(b) Cyrano
(c) de Guiche
(d) The Duenna

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

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

5. 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

6. What character briefly enters the courtyard in Scene 8?
(a) A cadet
(b) A poet
(c) A monk
(d) A page

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

8. 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

9. What part of Cyrano's body is injured in Scene 3?
(a) His thigh
(b) His nose
(c) His hand
(d) His shoulder

10. Where is Ligniere going at the end of Scene 2?
(a) The pubs
(b) His home
(c) The military camp
(d) Church

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

12. What profession is Lise's "friend" that enters in Scene 3?
(a) An actor
(b) A priest
(c) A chef
(d) A musketeer

13. To what English lord does Cyrano compare himself in Scene 10?
(a) Buckingham
(b) Gloucester
(c) Essex
(d) York

14. At the beginning of Scene 6, Roxane thanks Cyrano for teaching who a lesson?
(a) de Guiche
(b) Montfleury
(c) The Duenna
(d) Valvert

15. At the beginning of Scene 7, who informs Cyrano that a crowd wishes to see him outside?
(a) Ligniere
(b) Le Bret
(c) Carbon
(d) Ragueneau

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is not an object to which Cyrano compares a kiss?

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

3. Who, at the beginning of the Act is relating his misfortunes to the Duenna?

4. What does Cyrano warn the officers at the theatre not to do as the ruffians attack?

5. What does one cadet say Christian will look like after Cyrano is finished with him?

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