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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does de Guiche recommend Cyrano do in Scene 2?
(a) Pray
(b) Stay indoors
(c) Arm himself
(d) Seek preferment of some lord

2. To what classical text does Roxane refer when expressing her admiration for Christian in Scene 8?
(a) The Aeneid
(b) Antigone
(c) The Odyssey
(d) The Iliad

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

4. What item does Carbon pointedly tell Roxane is missing from his company?
(a) A flag
(b) An anthem
(c) A standard
(d) A drum

5. What does Christian discover in Cyrano's most recent letter to Roxane that shocks him in Scene 4?
(a) No declarations of love
(b) Cyrano's signature
(c) A tear stain
(d) An intimation of suicide

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

7. How many years after the events of Act 4 does Act 5 take place?
(a) 20
(b) 10
(c) 5
(d) 15

8. What moment in the play does Cyrano claim to Roxane was the epitome of his life?
(a) The balcony scene
(b) The defeat of Valvert
(c) His present death by her side
(d) The seige at Arras

9. At the end of Scene 3, Carbon admonishes his men to respect de Guiche for what reason?
(a) He is a Gascon
(b) He is ruthless with dissent
(c) He is their commander
(d) He is a noble

10. What item does Roxane take from Christian's body in Scene 10?
(a) A letter
(b) A rosary
(c) His sword
(d) His plume

11. What does Christian insist Cyrano do as a result of Roxane's profession of love?
(a) Leave the camp
(b) Tell her the truth
(c) Get her away from the siege
(d) Never speak a word to her again

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

13. What is the first thing that Cyrano notices about Christian in Scene 9?
(a) He is crying
(b) He is weak
(c) He is angry
(d) He is pale

14. In Scene 6, one cadet tells Roxanne that he is crying for what reason?
(a) He has not slept in days
(b) He is afraid to die
(c) The food is so good
(d) She is so beautiful

15. What does de Guiche say he should like to do with Cyrano in Scene 2?
(a) Shake his hand
(b) Reminisce with him
(c) Slap him
(d) Give him money

Short Answer Questions

1. Which two characters are alone onstage at the beginning of Scene 3?

2. Who reenters at the end of Scene 3?

3. When de Guiche accuses a cadet of being intoxicated, the cadet claims to be so because of what?

4. What weapon has wounded Carbon at the end of Act 4?

5. Who attends Roxane throughout Scene 4?

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