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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. Which of the following is not an object to which Cyrano compares a kiss?
(a) An oath
(b) A rainstorm
(c) A seal
(d) A communion

2. Who, at the beginning of the Act is relating his misfortunes to the Duenna?
(a) Cyrano
(b) Christian
(c) Ligniere
(d) Ragueneau

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

4. What is Ragueneau's profession?
(a) Courtier
(b) Actor
(c) Musketeer
(d) Chef

5. Where does Roxane depart at the end of Scene 5?
(a) Clomire's
(b) Her lodging
(c) Raguenau's shop
(d) Comte de Guiche's convent

Short Answer Questions

1. How many enemies does Le Bret estimate Cyrano made this evening?

2. What does Cyrano warn the officers at the theatre not to do as the ruffians attack?

3. What are the players of the Hotel de Bourgogne doing at the end of the first act?

4. What does Cyrano give to Christian at the end of Scene 10?

5. What musical metaphor does Roxane use to describe love in Scene 5?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How does Cyrano get rid of the Duenna?

4. How do Cyrano and Christian intend to speak to Roxane at the end of Scene 6?

5. Why does Ragueneau expect Cyrano at the play?

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

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

8. How does Cyrano delay Christian's kiss in Scene 10?

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

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

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