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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 does de Guiche recommend Cyrano do in Scene 2?
(a) Stay indoors
(b) Seek preferment of some lord
(c) Pray
(d) Arm himself

2. At the beginning of Act 5, what does Sister Martha accuse Sister Claire of doing?
(a) Taking the lords name in vain
(b) Not washing her habit
(c) Looking at herself in the mirror
(d) Taking extra breakfast

3. What weapon has wounded Carbon at the end of Act 4?
(a) Cannon
(b) Sword
(c) Halberd
(d) Musket

4. What fairy tale does Roxane reference in Scene 5 in discussing her journey?
(a) The Robber Bridegroom
(b) Cinderella
(c) Sleeping Beauty
(d) The Bremen Town Musicians

5. Where does Cyrano tell Le Bret he expects to go after death?
(a) Heaven
(b) The moon
(c) Nowhere
(d) Hell

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the Comte de Guiche's new title in Act 5?

2. With what activity is Roxane employing herself throughout Scene 4?

3. What weapon has been used to mortally injure Cyrano?

4. In Scene 4, what indicates to Roxane that Cyrano should have arrived?

5. At what part of Roxanne's body does Christian marvel when she embraces him in Scene 5?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the setting of Act 5.

2. What lie does Cyrano tell Christian before he dies?

3. How does Roxane bring food to the troops?

4. Why do Le Bret and Carbon call on Cyrano at the end of Scene 1?

5. What revenge does de Guiche take on Cyrano and Christian in Scene 14?

6. How has Roxane's love changed in the months since the siege?

7. What does Roxane say about her surroundings at the beginning of Scene 4?

8. Describe the imaginary enemies Cyrano fights at the end of the play?

9. Describe the state of the battle at the end of Act 4?

10. Describe Cyrano in Scene 5.

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