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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At what time is Roxane meeting Cyrano?
(a) Midnight
(b) 3 o'clock
(c) Noon
(d) Seven o'clock

2. Under what name did Roxane go when she was younger?
(a) Constance
(b) Helene
(c) Yvette
(d) Magdeleine

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

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

5. Where does Ragueneau take his poets to give Cyrano privacy?
(a) Upstairs
(b) The cellar
(c) The street
(d) A back room

Short Answer Questions

1. To which two classical figures does Cyrano compare Roxane in Scene 5?

2. What word is Roxane unable to utter when she returns to the window in Scene 10?

3. What are the players of the Hotel de Bourgogne doing at the end of the first act?

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

5. What does one cadet say Christian will look like after Cyrano is finished with him?

Short Essay Questions

1. With what has Ragueneau been preoccupied in Act 2?

2. How does Cyrano get rid of the Duenna?

3. Why does Cyrano embrace Christian at the beginning of Scene 10?

4. What news does Roxane tell Cyrano in Scene 6?

5. What plan do Cyrano and Christian hatch by the end of Scene 10?

6. Describe Christian's interchange with Roxane in Scene 5.

7. What furtive disagreement do Christian and Cyrano has at the end of Scene 7?

8. What point does Cyrano make in Scene 8 about patronage of the arts?

9. Why does Cyrano decide to convince Roxane to kiss Christian?

10. Why does Christian insult Cyrano's nose in Scene 9?

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