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

2. What does Christian repeatedly protest he will do if Cyrano does not help him in Scene 6?
(a) Seduce the Duenna
(b) Leave the Guards
(c) Tell Roxane of his deceit
(d) Die

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Scene 2, Ragueneau wraps an order of patties in a sonnet to whom?

2. At the beginning of Scene 3, Roxane warns the Duenna not to tell who of her deceit?

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

4. What act does Cyrano tell Roxane not to miss at Clomire's before she leaves in Scene 3?

5. Who does Cyrano strike at the end of Act 2?

Short Essay Questions

1. What offer does de Guiche make Cyrano, and why does Cyrano refuse?

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

3. What requests does Roxane make of Cyrano before leaving in Scene 3?

4. Why does Cyrano leave the theatre at the end of Act 1?

5. How does Cyrano react to the loutish Citizen's attack on his nose?

6. Describe the scene at the beginning of the play.

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

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

9. How does Cyrano delay Christian's kiss in Scene 10?

10. Describe the scene created when Ragueneau's poets enter the shop.

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