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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) A communion
(b) A seal
(c) A rainstorm
(d) An oath

2. What musical metaphor does Roxane use to describe love in Scene 5?
(a) Melody
(b) Vibratto
(c) Theme
(d) Pitch

3. What act does Cyrano tell Roxane not to miss at Clomire's before she leaves in Scene 3?
(a) Singing twins
(b) Trained monkeys
(c) Firebreathers
(d) Tumblers

4. In Scene 7, Christian compares his love to two mythological figures: Cupid and whom?
(a) Medusa
(b) Hercules
(c) Hermes
(d) Theseus

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What famous French literary figure appears in the fourth scene of the play?

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

5. Who climbs Roxane's balcony at the end of Scene 6?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe Lise.

3. How does Roxane trick the monk in Scene 11?

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. Why does Cyrano truly detest Montfleury?

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