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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Cyrano do at the end of Scene 6 to draw Roxane's attention?
(a) Tosses pebbles at her window
(b) Scales the balcony
(c) Shouts
(d) Sends a page to her room

3. What is the name of Ragueneau's shop?
(a) Cookshop of Poets
(b) Cookshop of Citizens
(c) Cookshop of Comtes
(d) Cookshop of Cadets

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

5. Which character is trying to seduce the Flower Girl in the first scene?
(a) The watchman
(b) The cavalier
(c) The burgher
(d) The youth

6. What famous French literary figure appears in the fourth scene of the play?
(a) Madame Le Farge
(b) D'Artagnan
(c) Edmond Dantes
(d) Tartuffe

7. What two drinks does Roxane compare to express her disappointment with Christian's words to her?
(a) Juice and wine
(b) Cider and champagne
(c) Beer and sherry
(d) Water and nectar

8. At the beginning of Scene 8, what supposed vice does Cyrano defend to Le Bret?
(a) Arrogance
(b) Stubbornness
(c) Obsession
(d) Exaggeration

9. How many enemies does Le Bret estimate Cyrano made this evening?
(a) 48
(b) 23
(c) 100
(d) None

10. What profession is Lise's "friend" that enters in Scene 3?
(a) A musketeer
(b) A priest
(c) A chef
(d) An actor

11. What word is Roxane unable to utter when she returns to the window in Scene 10?
(a) Christian
(b) No
(c) Kiss
(d) Love

12. What does Ragueneau actively ignore in his shop?
(a) Overstuffed pastries
(b) Musketeer's seduction
(c) Poet's theft
(d) Rodent infestation

13. What is Ragueneau's profession?
(a) Chef
(b) Courtier
(c) Musketeer
(d) Actor

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

15. In Scene 5, what does Cyrano protest he has never done, though he has good cause?
(a) Cried
(b) Killed a man
(c) Overslept
(d) Seduced a woman

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does de Guiche state the he intends to hide in Act 3, Scene 2?

2. What two colors does Cyrano use to describe Christian and Roxane in Scene 9?

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

4. In his long monologue of Scene 8, Cyrano mentions the name of his editor. Who is it?

5. What does Cyrano give to Christian at the end of Scene 10?

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