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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mother Margaret forbid her Sisters from doing regarding Cyrano?
(a) Being rude to him
(b) Trying to convert him
(c) Talking to him
(d) Cooking him food

2. Which of the following is not a constellation with which Cyrano claims to have interacted on his drop from the moon?
(a) Libra
(b) Orion
(c) The Trident
(d) The Great Bear

3. In what month does this Act take place?
(a) September
(b) August
(c) October
(d) July

4. In Scene 4, what is brought out in preparation for Cyrano?
(a) A plate of fruit
(b) A copy of the gazette
(c) An armchair
(d) A bowl of rose water

5. According to the Comte de Guiche, what does the trumpet sounding signify to the troops?
(a) The death of their commander
(b) The fall of the enemy battlements
(c) The Spanish retreating
(d) Reinforcements arriving

6. What weapon has wounded Carbon at the end of Act 4?
(a) Sword
(b) Cannon
(c) Halberd
(d) Musket

7. What assistance does de Guiche offer to Carbon in Scene 7?
(a) New muskets
(b) A cannon
(c) A wall of sandbags
(d) A few extra men

8. When stopped by Spanish forces, where does Roxane tell them she is going?
(a) To her lover
(b) To her church
(c) To her mother
(d) To her farm

9. What information does Christian draw from Cyrano at the beginning of Scene 9?
(a) He expects to die
(b) He has been writing extra letters to Roxane
(c) He intends to call a retreat
(d) He loves Roxane

10. Who attends Roxane throughout Scene 4?
(a) Ragueneau
(b) de Guiche
(c) Sister Martha
(d) Mother Margaret

11. How does Roxane discover that Cyrano is not reading the letter from Christian?
(a) It is too dark out
(b) His eyes closed
(c) The words are not correct
(d) The letter is still folded

12. Which of the following is not an animal that the cadets hope has been captured for food?
(a) A pheasant
(b) A carp
(c) A sparrow
(d) A trout

13. What reason does the Comte de Guiche give for leaving at the end of Scene 5?
(a) He must strike his tent
(b) He must inspect his guns
(c) He must rally the other troops
(d) He must polish his armor

14. Who enters the scene at the end of Scene 6?
(a) de Guiche
(b) Carbon
(c) Lise
(d) Ligniere

15. What does de Guiche notice immediately about the first soldier he approaches in Scene 7?
(a) He is red
(b) He is asleep
(c) He is crying
(d) He is running away

Short Answer Questions

1. Which is the first instrument that Cyrano instructs be played in Scene 3?

2. In what state did Ragueneau leave Cyrano before coming to the convent?

3. What does de Guiche hand Christian in Scene 14?

4. What moment in the play does Cyrano claim to Roxane was the epitome of his life?

5. For what does Roxane proudly proclaim she now loves Christian?

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