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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do Carbon and Le Bret notice about de Guiche immediately on his entrance in Scene 4?
(a) He is in a rage
(b) He is fat
(c) He is half-asleep
(d) He is pale

2. What does Cyrano generally do regarding Sisters Claire and Martha?
(a) Flirt with them
(b) Badger them
(c) Tease them
(d) Ignore them

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

4. What does Roxane say she followed to find Arras?
(a) Her heart
(b) The devastation
(c) The map
(d) The north star

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) Reinforcements arriving
(d) The Spanish retreating

6. At the beginning of Scene 5, what is Cyrano afraid to do?
(a) Look at Roxane
(b) Fall asleep
(c) Speak to Christian
(d) Enter the battle

7. Where does Roxane keep Christian's final letter to her?
(a) Framed on her wall
(b) Beneath her pillow
(c) Against her heart
(d) In a reliquary

8. What item did the Comte de Guiche lose in his most recent assault?
(a) His plume
(b) His sword
(c) His scarf
(d) His helmet

9. Which of the following is not among the enemies Cyrano fights at the end of the play?
(a) Silliness
(b) Cowardice
(c) Hypocrisy
(d) Compromise

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

11. Who informs Cyrano of Christian's fatal wound?
(a) Carbon
(b) Roxane
(c) Le Bret
(d) de Guiche

12. What other major character has Roxane brought along in her coach?
(a) Montfleury
(b) Valvert
(c) Ligniere
(d) Ragueneau

13. What fairy tale does Roxane reference in Scene 5 in discussing her journey?
(a) The Robber Bridegroom
(b) Cinderella
(c) Sleeping Beauty
(d) The Bremen Town Musicians

14. What is the Comte de Guiche's new title in Act 5?
(a) Duke
(b) Dauphin
(c) Bishop
(d) Baron

15. What word does Cyrano accidentally state that alerts Roxane to Christian's death?
(a) Were
(b) No
(c) Been
(d) God

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following coach parts is used to smuggle food to the cadets?

2. What reason does the Comte de Guiche give for leaving at the end of Scene 5?

3. Which of the following items is not something the cadets seek out at the beginning of Scene 6?

4. How does Roxane discover that Cyrano is not reading the letter from Christian?

5. Which famous French writer does Ragueneau accuse in Scene 6 of stealing words from Cyrano?

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