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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Cyrano admit to Christian at the end of Scene 7?
(a) He loves Roxane
(b) He despises Christian
(c) He fears death
(d) He has written to Roxane every day

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

4. How many meals a day do the cadets claim to have gotten in Paris?
(a) 3
(b) None
(c) 4
(d) 2

5. Which of the following is not a term that Roxane uses to describe Christian's prose in her speech in Scene 8?
(a) Profound
(b) Compelling
(c) Sincere
(d) Uplifting

6. Which of the following items is not something the cadets seek out at the beginning of Scene 6?
(a) A razor
(b) A pocket-mirror
(c) Soap
(d) Cologne

7. What does Christian protest he contains within himself?
(a) Hope
(b) A devil
(c) A rival
(d) Despair

8. Which of the following is not a location that Cyrano guesses he is while stalling de Guiche?
(a) Genoa
(b) Venice
(c) Algeria
(d) Brussels

9. Which famous French writer does Ragueneau accuse in Scene 6 of stealing words from Cyrano?
(a) Corneille
(b) Moliere
(c) Voltaire
(d) Hugo

10. How many ways of getting to the moon does Cyrano list before explaining his preferred method to de Guiche?
(a) 3
(b) 6
(c) 10
(d) 14

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

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

13. In what does Cyrano blame his tardiness at the beginning of Scene 5?
(a) A troublesome woman
(b) Oversleeping
(c) A congested street
(d) A duel

14. When de Guiche accuses a cadet of being intoxicated, the cadet claims to be so because of what?
(a) The presence of a beautiful woman
(b) His love of France
(c) Fear
(d) The smell of powder

15. What does Christian insist he can do to help Cyrano?
(a) Die on the field of battle
(b) Annul his marriage to Roxane
(c) Smuggle Cyrano from the field
(d) Never speak a word of the truth to Roxane

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Cyrano tell Le Bret he expects to go after death?

2. Why, according to Cyrano, do the Spanish troops never notice when he crosses their lines?

3. To what classical text does Roxane refer when expressing her admiration for Christian in Scene 8?

4. What information does Christian draw from Cyrano at the beginning of Scene 9?

5. Who enters the scene at the end of Scene 6?

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