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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. What item does Roxane take from Christian's body in Scene 10?

2. What does Le Bret announce must be done immediately upon hearing of Cyrano's injury?

3. What does Mother Margaret forbid her Sisters from doing regarding Cyrano?

4. What item did the Comte de Guiche lose in his most recent assault?

5. What does Cyrano admit to Christian at the end of Scene 7?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Roxane resolve to do at the end of Scene 5?

3. What declaration does Roxane make about the feast?

4. How does Roxane bring food to the troops?

5. Describe the setting of Act 5.

6. How does the cadets' attitude toward the Comte de Guiche change in Scene 7?

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

8. How does Roxane discover that Cyrano is her true suitor?

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

10. How does Cyrano embarrass the Comte de Guiche in Scene 4?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Cyrano de Bergerac is forever held prisoner by his inability to declare his love for Roxane. Write an essay about his continued resistance to admitting his feels for her, focusing on three parts:

Part 1) Why is Cyrano initially unwilling to declare his love to Roxane? How are his assaults on Montfleury and Valvert connected to this reticence?

Part 2) What decisions does Cyrano make regarding Christian and Roxane once he knows they care for each other? What does this say about Cyrano's attitude toward both and toward himself?

Part 3) Cyrano makes a conscious decision not to tell Roxane the truth regarding his letters to her after Christian dies. What is the root of this decision? What does this choice mean for the next 15 years of his life?

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay about the dynamic between Cyrano and the Comte de Guiche. Use the several insults that Cyrano deal de Guiche throughout the play as framework for the essay. Why does Cyrano deal the nobleman these slights, and how does de Guiche respond? Who pays for these slights? Does either man ultimately change as a result of this dynamic?

Essay Topic 3

The Comte de Guiche seems to be a simple villainous presence at the beginning of the play, but he proves to be one of the most dynamic figures of the narrative. Write an essay analyzing the Comte's transformation over the course of the play. What is the root of his villainy? Why does he suddenly change? What hopes and regrets does he express in Act 5?

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