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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Where does Roxane depart at the end of Scene 5?
2. What does Cyrano do at the end of Scene 6 to draw Roxane's attention?
3. Under what name did Roxane go when she was younger?
4. Where does Cyrano go onstage in Scene 12?
5. What false promise to the monk does Roxane claim is in de Guiche's letter?
Short Essay Questions
1. What requests does Roxane make of Cyrano before leaving in Scene 3?
2. How do Cyrano and Christian intend to speak to Roxane at the end of Scene 6?
3. With what has Ragueneau been preoccupied in Act 2?
4. What furtive disagreement do Christian and Cyrano has at the end of Scene 7?
5. Why does Cyrano truly detest Montfleury?
6. Why does Ragueneau expect Cyrano at the play?
7. Why hasn't Cyrano professed his love to Roxane?
8. Why does Christian insult Cyrano's nose in Scene 9?
9. Why does Cyrano consider himself a coward at the end of Scene 3?
10. What job is Cyrano given in Scene 12?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Ragueneau is a figure of much comedic value, a sort of kindly fool forever at the mercy of a hostile world. He is also on of Cyrano's greatest advocates. Write an essay about Ragueneau. What does he value in life, and why do these choices cause him so much pain? Why does he enter scenes when he does? Why do you think he ends in such ignominy?
Essay Topic 2
Within the overall arc of the love triangle among Cyrano, Roxane, and Christian, Rostand's play seems to contain many smaller plays within it. Each act of Cyrano de Bergerac contains a different tone to it, from broad farce, to military drama, to elegy. Write an essay about three of the five acts. What common themes do they have? How are they different in tone?
Essay Topic 3
Write an essay about the relationship between Cyrano and Christian. How do they develop from rivals, to conspirators, to two halves of the same soul? Why does Cyrano choose to help Christian, and how does ending this assistance become impossible as the play continues? In what ways is Christian present even after his death?
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