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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 false promise to the monk does Roxane claim is in de Guiche's letter?
(a) An archbishopric
(b) Her hand in marriage
(c) A chateau in Provence
(d) 250 crowns

2. What part of Cyrano's body is injured in Scene 3?
(a) His nose
(b) His shoulder
(c) His thigh
(d) His hand

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

4. What does Cyrano give to Christian at the end of Scene 10?
(a) A mask
(b) His love letter
(c) His sword
(d) His plume

5. What does Cyrano do at the end of Scene 6 to draw Roxane's attention?
(a) Tosses pebbles at her window
(b) Scales the balcony
(c) Sends a page to her room
(d) Shouts

Short Answer Questions

1. What action in Scene 2 signifies that the play-within-the-play is about to begin?

2. In what theatrical term does Cyrano characterize the battle that is about to about to take place at the end of Act 1?

3. Who does Cyrano chase from the shop at the end of Scene 4?

4. What famous historical figure does the Comte de Guiche claim as his uncle?

5. What is Cyrano doing when he enters in Act 3, Scene 1?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why hasn't Cyrano professed his love to Roxane?

4. What offer does de Guiche make Cyrano, and why does Cyrano refuse?

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

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

7. Describe the scene created when Ragueneau's poets enter the shop.

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

9. What job is Cyrano given in Scene 12?

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

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