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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. To what literary work does the Comte de Guiche refer Cyrano before leaving the shop?
(a) Candide
(b) Don Quixote
(c) The Seven Caesars
(d) Henry V

2. How does Roxane describe Christian's wit to Cyrano in Scene 1?
(a) Better than Cyrano's
(b) Equal to Cyrano's
(c) Nearly as good as Cyrano's
(d) Abysmal

3. Under what name did Roxane go when she was younger?
(a) Yvette
(b) Constance
(c) Helene
(d) Magdeleine

4. Who challenges Cyrano to a duel after he ejects Montfleury?
(a) Compte de Guiche
(b) The Citizen
(c) Bellerose
(d) Valvert

5. What famous French literary figure appears in the fourth scene of the play?
(a) Tartuffe
(b) Edmond Dantes
(c) D'Artagnan
(d) Madame Le Farge

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Cyrano give Bellerose at the end of Scene 4?

2. How long does the monk say Cyrano needs to detain the Comte de Guiche?

3. At the end of Scene 7, Cyrano is shocked that Christian requests what of Roxane?

4. What does Christian repeatedly protest he will do if Cyrano does not help him in Scene 6?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Cyrano get rid of the Duenna?

2. How does Roxane prevent Christian's going to battle in Scene 2?

3. What news does Roxane tell Cyrano in Scene 6?

4. What job is Cyrano given in Scene 12?

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

6. How is Christian resistant to Cyrano in Scene 4?

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

8. What plan do Cyrano and Christian hatch by the end of Scene 10?

9. What point does Cyrano make in Scene 8 about patronage of the arts?

10. Why does Christian insult Cyrano's nose in Scene 9?

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