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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 which two classical figures does Cyrano compare Roxane in Scene 5?
(a) Penelope and Antonia
(b) Cleopatra and Bernice
(c) Antigone and Livia
(d) Hecuba and Eurydice

2. In Scene 4, how does Cyrano think Christian looks when he enters?
(a) Dull
(b) Over-stimulated
(c) Tired
(d) Sullen

3. At the beginning of Scene 3, Roxane warns the Duenna not to tell who of her deceit?
(a) Cyrano
(b) Christian
(c) Ragueneau
(d) de Guiche

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How many men does one cadet confide in Scene 9 were recently killed by Cyrano for talk of noses?

3. Which of the following is not a food that one of Ragueneau's cooks brings him?

4. Where does Ragueneau take his poets to give Cyrano privacy?

5. At the beginning of Scene 6, Roxane thanks Cyrano for teaching who a lesson?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Cyrano truly detest Montfleury?

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

4. How does Cyrano get rid of the Duenna?

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

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

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

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

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

10. What requests does Roxane make of Cyrano before leaving in Scene 3?

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