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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What action in Scene 2 signifies that the play-within-the-play is about to begin?
(a) The lighting of the chandeliers
(b) The beginning of the dumb-show
(c) The playing of music
(d) The raising of the curtain

3. Which of the following is not someone to whom Roxane says goodbye as she returns from Clomire's?
(a) Gremione
(b) Barthenoide
(c) Richelieu
(d) Alcandre

4. What does Cyrano warn the officers at the theatre not to do as the ruffians attack?
(a) Hold him back
(b) Pray
(c) Flee
(d) Help him

5. What false promise to the monk does Roxane claim is in de Guiche's letter?
(a) Her hand in marriage
(b) A chateau in Provence
(c) An archbishopric
(d) 250 crowns

6. Which of the following is not an object to which Cyrano compares a kiss?
(a) A seal
(b) A rainstorm
(c) An oath
(d) A communion

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

8. Where does de Guiche state the he intends to hide in Act 3, Scene 2?
(a) His house
(b) A convent
(c) A theatre
(d) The sewer

9. Where does Roxane wish to meet Cyrano the following day?
(a) Ragueneau's shop
(b) Saint Roch
(c) His lodging
(d) the Jardin des Plantes

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

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

12. In his long monologue of Scene 8, Cyrano mentions the name of his editor. Who is it?
(a) Cicero
(b) Sercy
(c) Michel
(d) Odeon

13. What new honor does de Guiche announce he has been given in Scene 2?
(a) Commander of the Guards
(b) Keeper of the Common Stores
(c) Protector of Paris
(d) Poet Laureate

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the players of the Hotel de Bourgogne doing at the end of the first act?

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

3. What character briefly enters the courtyard in Scene 8?

4. In Scene 2, Ragueneau wraps an order of patties in a sonnet to whom?

5. What does Christian repeatedly protest he will do if Cyrano does not help him in Scene 6?

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