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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 aspect of Christian's character does Cyrano forget as he woos Roxane in Scene 10?
(a) He has only recently met her
(b) He is a lord
(c) He is young
(d) He is handsome

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

3. Which of the following is not an object to which Cyrano compares a kiss?
(a) An oath
(b) A seal
(c) A communion
(d) A rainstorm

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which of the following is not someone to whom Roxane says goodbye as she returns from Clomire's?

3. What profession is Lise's "friend" that enters in Scene 3?

4. What does Cyrano offer to Christian to aid him in his pursuit of Roxane?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How do Cyrano and Christian intend to speak to Roxane at the end of Scene 6?

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

3. How is Christian resistant to Cyrano in Scene 4?

4. What is the Comte de Guiche's treachery against Ligniere?

5. What job is Cyrano given in Scene 12?

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

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

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

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

10. What new sadness has befallen Ragueneau at the beginning of Act 3?

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