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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does one cadet say Christian will look like after Cyrano is finished with him?
(a) Mince-meat
(b) Flayed rabbit
(c) Chopped wood
(d) Shucked corn

2. At the end of Scene 7, Cyrano is shocked that Christian requests what of Roxane?
(a) That she leave Paris immediately
(b) That she kiss him
(c) That she marry him
(d) That she never see him again

3. What does Lise use as wrapping for Ragueneau's food?
(a) Journals
(b) Tissues
(c) Old sacks
(d) Poems

4. In Scene 5, what does Cyrano protest he has never done, though he has good cause?
(a) Killed a man
(b) Seduced a woman
(c) Cried
(d) Overslept

5. Who does Cyrano strike at the end of Act 2?
(a) Christian
(b) Carbon
(c) The musketeer
(d) A poet

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Roxane wish to meet Cyrano the following day?

2. Who challenges Cyrano to a duel after he ejects Montfleury?

3. In Scene 7, Christian compares his love to two mythological figures: Cupid and whom?

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

5. What part of Cyrano's body is injured in Scene 3?

Short Essay Questions

1. What job is Cyrano given in Scene 12?

2. With what has Ragueneau been preoccupied in Act 2?

3. What furtive disagreement do Christian and Cyrano has at the end of Scene 7?

4. Why does Cyrano embrace Christian at the beginning of Scene 10?

5. What is the Comte de Guiche's treachery against Ligniere?

6. Why does Cyrano decide to convince Roxane to kiss Christian?

7. Why does Cyrano consider himself a coward at the end of Scene 3?

8. What requests does Roxane make of Cyrano before leaving in Scene 3?

9. Describe Christian's interchange with Roxane in Scene 5.

10. Describe the scene at the beginning of the play.

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