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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 Le Bret announce must be done immediately upon hearing of Cyrano's injury?
(a) Roxane must be told
(b) Burial arrangements must be made
(c) The murderers must be found
(d) Cyrano must be taken from Paris

2. Which of the following coach parts is used to smuggle food to the cadets?
(a) The lantern
(b) The axels
(c) The curtains
(d) The yokes

3. Which of the following is not a term that Roxane uses to describe Christian's prose in her speech in Scene 8?
(a) Uplifting
(b) Sincere
(c) Compelling
(d) Profound

4. Why does de Guiche have such difficulty finding Roxane's house at the beginning of Scene 13?
(a) He is wearing a mask
(b) He has never been there before
(c) He has poor eyesight
(d) The night is pitch black

5. When de Guiche accuses a cadet of being intoxicated, the cadet claims to be so because of what?
(a) The presence of a beautiful woman
(b) The smell of powder
(c) Fear
(d) His love of France

Short Answer Questions

1. Through what building does Le Bret exit at the end of Scene 3?

2. What weapon has wounded Carbon at the end of Act 4?

3. What does Christian insist he can do to help Cyrano?

4. What does Roxane say she followed to find Arras?

5. What does de Guiche recommend Cyrano do in Scene 2?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why are the troops starving at the beginning of Act 4?

2. Describe the setting of Act 5.

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

4. Why is Christian distraught at the end of Scene 8?

5. How does Roxane reason Cyrano's absence at his appointed time?

6. Describe Cyrano in Scene 5.

7. How does Roxane make her way to the Gascony cadets?

8. What news of Cyrano does Ragueneau bring in Scene 3?

9. What secret does Cyrano tell Christian in Scene 7?

10. What offer does Christian make to Cyrano in Scene 9?

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