Cyrano de Bergerac Quizzes

Cyrano de Bergerac Quiz 1

By Kristen Osborne-Bartucca · Edited by Aaron Suduiko · Last reviewed May 17, 2015

1 What year was the play written?

1900

1997

1800

1897
2 What year is the play (first) set in?

1800

1897

1740

1640
3 The real Cyrano was a/an

politician

astronomer

swordsman and writer

clergyman
4 Roxane is a/an

precieuse

warrior princess

poetess

singer
5 Who is Cyrano's closest friend?

Ligniere

Le Bret

Christian

Cuigy
6 Ragueneau holds all of the following jobs except

assistant to Moliere

pastry chef

steward to Roxane

servant for the cadets
7 Where is the first act set?

At Roxane's house

At Ragueneau's pastry shop

At the Hotel

At the front
8 Who gets in trouble for verses he wrote?

Christian

Cuigy

Valvert

Ligniere
9 Who does De Guiche want to marry Roxane?

Christian

Cyrano

Valvert

Himself
10 All of the following are present at the play except

pages

an orange-girl

a scientist

pickpockets
11 Who is Montfleury?

A nobleman

Roxane's suitor

An actor

A Gascon
12 Cyrano gets in a scuff with all of the following except _________about his nose?

Valvert

A busybody

Christian

De Guiche
13 Who does Cyrano fight a duel with at the theater?

Brissaille

Christian

Valvert

De Guiche
14 What is Cyrano's defining feature?

His eyes

His muscles

His nose

His beard
15 Cyrano is feared for his

skills with a sword

skills with a bow and arrow

fearsome rage

wit
16 What characteristic best describes Cyrano?

Practical

Bold

Patient

Compassionate
17 To whom does Cyrano confess his love for Roxane?

Jodelet

Le Bret

De Guiche

Ligniere
18 Who does Cyrano volunteer to help in Act I?

Valvert

Jodelet

Cuigy

Ligniere
19 Roxane is famed for her

wit

extravagant lifestyle

beauty

wealth
20 How does Cyrano feel about his nose?

He is proud of it

He has mixed feelings about it

He does not care about it either way

He is ashamed of it
21 Cyrano is all of the following except

a Gascon

a cadet

a poet

an Italian
22 Who is Lise?

Le Bret's wife

Roxane's duenna

A precieuse

Ragueneau's wife
23 What is Ragueneau most concerned with in his kitchen?

His books

His poems on paper

His portrait

His actual food
24 Why does Cyrano come to the pastry shop?

To talk to other poets

To meet Roxane

To fight De Guiche

To talk to Ragueneau
25 Who does Lise have an affair with?

A nobleman

A musketeer

Valvert

Ligniere