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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to the poets of Scene 4, how many ruffians lie dying because of Cyrano's sword?
(a) 21
(b) 8
(c) 14
(d) 3

2. What two "serpents" does Christian claim his love has strangled?
(a) Pride and Mistrust
(b) Solitude and Despair
(c) Agony and Idiocy
(d) Fear and Longing

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

4. Where does Cyrano go onstage in Scene 12?
(a) On the garden wall
(b) Into Roxane's lodging
(c) Under a bench
(d) The balcony

5. How long does the monk say Cyrano needs to detain the Comte de Guiche?
(a) An hour
(b) Indefinitely
(c) 15 minutes
(d) 2 hours

6. What does Lise use as wrapping for Ragueneau's food?
(a) Tissues
(b) Poems
(c) Journals
(d) Old sacks

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

8. What act does Cyrano tell Roxane not to miss at Clomire's before she leaves in Scene 3?
(a) Trained monkeys
(b) Singing twins
(c) Firebreathers
(d) Tumblers

9. Who warns Christian that Ligniere's life is in danger?
(a) A pickpocket
(b) The foodseller
(c) Ragueneau
(d) Roxane

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

11. Which of the following is not a category of insult that Cyrano mentions in his famous nose speech?
(a) Drunken
(b) Learned
(c) Agressive
(d) Mincing

12. Why does Roxanne not want Cyrano to tell Christian what she wants him to discuss?
(a) He might feel unsure fo himself
(b) He might try too hard to please her
(c) He might prepare something beforehand
(d) He might be offended

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

14. Who informs Cyrano that Roxane wishes to meet him?
(a) Le Bret
(b) Ragueneau
(c) Her Duenna
(d) Christian

15. When the monk returns at the beginning of Scene 11 looking for Magdeleine Robin, Cyrano claims to have misheard the latter name as what?
(a) Ronin
(b) Rosalin
(c) Rodin
(d) Rolin

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Cyrano strike at the end of Act 2?

2. To what literary work does the Comte de Guiche refer Cyrano before leaving the shop?

3. What is Ragueneau's profession?

4. Who climbs Roxane's balcony at the end of Scene 6?

5. What famous French literary figure appears in the fourth scene of the play?

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