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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 3, Scene 7 | Act 3, Scene 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Roxane wish to meet Cyrano the following day?
(a) the Jardin des Plantes
(b) Ragueneau's shop
(c) His lodging
(d) Saint Roch

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

3. What are the players of the Hotel de Bourgogne doing at the end of the first act?
(a) Eating
(b) Dancing
(c) Rehearsing
(d) Sleeping

4. At the beginning of Scene 6, Roxane thanks Cyrano for teaching who a lesson?
(a) The Duenna
(b) Valvert
(c) de Guiche
(d) Montfleury

5. In what theatrical term does Cyrano characterize the battle that is about to about to take place at the end of Act 1?
(a) French farce
(b) Spanish drama
(c) German opera
(d) English dumbshow

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is not a person who arrives to see the play-within-the-play in the first scene?

2. How does Roxane describe Christian's wit to Cyrano in Scene 1?

3. For whose benefit do the cadets demand Cyrano tell the story of his recent victory over the brigands?

4. To what literary work does the Comte de Guiche refer Cyrano before leaving the shop?

5. At the beginning of Scene 8, what supposed vice does Cyrano defend to Le Bret?

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