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Cyrano

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Study Guide
Cyrano De Bergerac      Study Guide
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Act 1
1. Who is Christian looking for?
2. Why is he afraid to speak?
3. What is Muscatel?
4. Who is Ragueneau?
5. What has Cyrano done to Montfleury?
6. What is a Punchinello figure?
7. Who is "the bloom of the peach---Blush of the strawberry"?
8. Who does Christian hate? Why?
9. What does the cut-purse tell Christian?
10. What is the name of the play to be presented?
11. Who bursts in upon the performance?
12. What is the reference to Samson and the jawbone?
13. How does Cyrano appear at first glance?
14. What becomes of Montfluery?
15. Why does Cyrano hate Montfleury?
16. How does Cyrano save the director of the play?
17. What is a patron?
18. Who challenges Cyrano?
19. What is Cyrano's ballad extempore? What does extempore mean?
20. Who does Cyrano love?
21. What does the word protuberance mean?
22. What is the one thing Cyrano fears?
23. What will Cyrano do for Ligniere?

Act 2
1. What has Ragueneau written on the pastry bags?
2.How does Cyrano expose the character of Lise?
3. Why has Roxanne come to see Cyrano? Who does she think she is speaking of? When does he realize the worst?
4. Who is Roxanne's love?
5. Cyrano tells us what Roxanne loves. What is it?
6. What if Christian turns out to be a bungler. What will Roxanne do?
7. What will Cyrano do for Roxanne?
8. Why would Cyrano be considered a hero?
9. Why does Cyrano refuse to join De Guiche? What does this tell us of Cyrano's character?
10. What is the name of the play Cyrano has written?
11. Who hired the 100 men to kill Ligniere? Why?
12. What does Cyrano say of patronage?
13. What is the one word that one never says to Cyrano?
14. How does Christian insult Cyrano? Why does Cyrano refrain from killing him? What is the subject of their conversation/
What will be their covenant?
15. According to Cyrano, why will he do this for Christian? What is the real reason?
16. How does the Act end?

Act 3

1. What has happened to Ragueneau?
2. How did Cyrano win the pages?
3. Why is Roxane breathless at the words of De Guiche?
4. What is De Guiche's plan to meet Roxane?
5. Why does Roxane play along with De Guiche?
6. What will Roxane and Christian speak about? Why does Cyrano want to know?
7. Why is Christian angry?
8. What type of person is Roxane who adores only the words of love?
9. What will Cyrano do for Christian? What does Cyrane finally do? 
10. "Let me enjoy/ The one moment I ever-- my one chance/ To speak to you... unseen." How is this line full of meaning, tenderness and sympathy?
11. "Until now, I spoke through..." Why doesn't Cyrano finish this line?
12. According to Cyrano, what is a kiss?
13. What is the reference to Lazarus?
14. How does Roxane change the letter?
15. How does Cyrano prevent De Guiche from interfering with the marriage?
16. What are Cyrano's "seven ways to the moon"?
17. Explain: "somehow that news fails to disquiet me."
18. What has happened to Christian on his wedding night?

Act 4
1. Why does Cyrano risk his life every morning? what parties are at the war?
2. How would Cyrano like to die?
3. What does Cyrano say to De Guiche's boastful talk?
4. How does Cyrano put down De Guiche?
5. How does De Guiche get back at the Cadets?
6. What does Cyrano do which he said he would never do?
7. Who ironically comes on the scene? How?
8. What becomes the company's banner?
9. Where is the food? Who is the coachman?
10. Who decides to stay?
11. How would you characterize the last few pages since the arrival of Roxane?
12. What revelation does Cyrano make to Christian? Therefore, Christian know that Cyrano _______________________.
13. Who is Roxane, unknowingly, really talking about?
14. As she things, what has Roxane come to realize about Christian? How did he reveal himself?
15. Roxane could love Christian even if he were _____________________.
16. Christian realizes that Roxane unknowingly loves _____________________.
17. What does Christian suggest to Cyrano?
18. Cyrano does not get the chance to tell Roxane -- "all gone". Why?
19. Why is Cyrano "dead"?
21. Define: Achilles, furtively, haggard, fraudulent, annulled, tumult, chevrons, Penelope, Ulysses

Act 5
1. Why does Cyrano live a life of loneliness?
2. Why does De Guiche envy Cyrano?
3. How is Cyrano injured?
4. Who is Cyrano's old friend -- or, at least a very old acquaintance?
5. Roxane finally sees the light. Why?
6. Why has Cyrano lost on "three" occasions?
7. Roxane finally says it. What?
8. What does Cyrano ask of Roxane?
9. The significance of the White Plume?

 

 

The Real Cyrano
The Real Cyrano

 

 

Edmond Rostand
French poet and dramatist, best-known from his play Cyrano de Bergerac, about the heroic individualist, who has an outsized nose. The connection between the true Cyrano, the 17th century French soldier, dramatist, and soldier, is nominal. Rostand's plays were romantic and entertaining, providing an alternative to the naturalistic theatre.
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