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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. For whose benefit do the cadets demand Cyrano tell the story of his recent victory over the brigands?
(a) Christian
(b) Carbon
(c) Le Bret
(d) Ragueneau

5. To what literary work does the Comte de Guiche refer Cyrano before leaving the shop?
(a) Don Quixote
(b) Henry V
(c) The Seven Caesars
(d) Candide

6. What does Cyrano offer to Christian to aid him in his pursuit of Roxane?
(a) His eloquence
(b) His protection
(c) His clout
(d) His sword

7. Where does Roxane depart at the end of Scene 5?
(a) Raguenau's shop
(b) Clomire's
(c) Comte de Guiche's convent
(d) Her lodging

8. Where does Cyrano go onstage in Scene 12?
(a) On the garden wall
(b) Into Roxane's lodging
(c) Under a bench
(d) The balcony

9. How many men does one cadet confide in Scene 9 were recently killed by Cyrano for talk of noses?
(a) 2
(b) 12
(c) 5
(d) 20

10. Which of the following is not a food that one of Ragueneau's cooks brings him?
(a) Mince-pie
(b) Pork loin
(c) Candied fruit
(d) Nougat

11. When the monk returns at the beginning of Scene 11 looking for Magdeleine Robin, Cyrano claims to have misheard the latter name as what?
(a) Rosalin
(b) Ronin
(c) Rodin
(d) Rolin

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

13. How does Cyrano convince the Duenna to leave him alone with Roxane?
(a) He threatens her
(b) He sends her on an errand
(c) He gives her pastries
(d) He pays her some money

14. Which of the following is not a person who arrives to see the play-within-the-play in the first scene?
(a) A poet
(b) A cavelier
(c) A pickpocket
(d) A page

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who warns Christian that Ligniere's life is in danger?

2. What does Christian repeatedly protest he will do if Cyrano does not help him in Scene 6?

3. To what English lord does Cyrano compare himself in Scene 10?

4. In Scene 7, behind what does Cyrano tell Roxane his heart cowers?

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

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