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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What character briefly enters the courtyard in Scene 8?
(a) A poet
(b) A monk
(c) A cadet
(d) A page

2. In his long monologue of Scene 8, Cyrano mentions the name of his editor. Who is it?
(a) Odeon
(b) Cicero
(c) Sercy
(d) Michel

3. In Scene 6, what does Roxane say she would do if her beloved were stupid?
(a) Find another
(b) Die
(c) Not care
(d) Laugh

4. What two "serpents" does Christian claim his love has strangled?
(a) Solitude and Despair
(b) Pride and Mistrust
(c) Agony and Idiocy
(d) Fear and Longing

5. Which of the following is not someone to whom Roxane says goodbye as she returns from Clomire's?
(a) Richelieu
(b) Gremione
(c) Alcandre
(d) Barthenoide

6. Who, at the beginning of the Act is relating his misfortunes to the Duenna?
(a) Christian
(b) Ligniere
(c) Cyrano
(d) Ragueneau

7. What does Cyrano implore Roxane not to do in Scene 7?
(a) Speak ill of him
(b) Leave for bed
(c) Descend from the balcony
(d) Kiss him

8. About what subject, according to Lise, will Ragueneau stop talking?
(a) Cyrano's rhymed duel
(b) Cyrano fight with thr ruffians
(c) Meeting D'Artagnan
(d) Roxane's immenant arrival

9. How does Roxane describe Christian's wit to Cyrano in Scene 1?
(a) Equal to Cyrano's
(b) Abysmal
(c) Nearly as good as Cyrano's
(d) Better than Cyrano's

10. From whom is the letter that the monk bears?
(a) Ragueneau
(b) Valvert
(c) de Guiche
(d) La Duenna

11. What action in Scene 2 signifies that the play-within-the-play is about to begin?
(a) The playing of music
(b) The beginning of the dumb-show
(c) The raising of the curtain
(d) The lighting of the chandeliers

12. Who challenges Cyrano to a duel after he ejects Montfleury?
(a) Bellerose
(b) The Citizen
(c) Valvert
(d) Compte de Guiche

13. What two colors does Cyrano use to describe Christian and Roxane in Scene 9?
(a) Red and Blue
(b) Black and White
(c) Lavender and Crimson
(d) Pink and Gold

14. What musical metaphor does Roxane use to describe love in Scene 5?
(a) Pitch
(b) Melody
(c) Theme
(d) Vibratto

15. What new honor does de Guiche announce he has been given in Scene 2?
(a) Keeper of the Common Stores
(b) Commander of the Guards
(c) Protector of Paris
(d) Poet Laureate

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Roxane depart at the end of Scene 5?

2. Which of the following is not a category of insult that Cyrano mentions in his famous nose speech?

3. What part of Cyrano's body is injured in Scene 3?

4. What does Cyrano demand Christian do in the first line of Scene 10?

5. Under what name did Roxane go when she was younger?

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