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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. Who informs Cyrano that Roxane wishes to meet him?
(a) Christian
(b) Le Bret
(c) Her Duenna
(d) Ragueneau

2. Where does Christian refuse to go with Cyrano in Scene 4?
(a) Cyrano's lodging
(b) Ragueneau's shop
(c) The Hotel Bourgogne
(d) The barracks

3. Who warns Christian that Ligniere's life is in danger?
(a) Ragueneau
(b) Roxane
(c) The foodseller
(d) A pickpocket

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

5. What are the players of the Hotel de Bourgogne doing at the end of the first act?
(a) Dancing
(b) Rehearsing
(c) Sleeping
(d) Eating

Short Answer Questions

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

2. At the beginning of Scene 8, what supposed vice does Cyrano defend to Le Bret?

3. Why does Roxanne not want Cyrano to tell Christian what she wants him to discuss?

4. Upon what subject does Roxane expect Christian to speak this night?

5. What is Ragueneau's profession?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How does Cyrano react to the loutish Citizen's attack on his nose?

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

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

6. What new sadness has befallen Ragueneau at the beginning of Act 3?

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

8. How does Cyrano explain Christian's uncertain poetry to Roxane?

9. Why does Cyrano leave the theatre at the end of Act 1?

10. What job is Cyrano given in Scene 12?

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