Happy Final Full Day of English 9! Have out your Cyrano notes and vocab.

"No one can go back and start a new beginning, but anyone can start today and make a new ending.“ – Author Unknown “Now thanks be unto God, which always causeth us to triumph in Christ....” -II Cor. 2:14

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Study Materials:  Moral Tone Notes  Author Background  Characters  Settings  Plot  Dates (a few)  Quotes  Vocab Study Methods:  Review notes 3x.  Read the summary of the various acts online.  Play Cyrano Jeopardy on the website.  Watch Cyrano on the website.  Review vocab.

Cyrano de Bergerac & Vocab

Categories Vocab Characters Settings General Author

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10 points Born on ___? April 1st Return

20 points Degree was in ___? law Return

30 points Wrote 1 st play at age ___? 20 Return

40 points Greatest Triumph? Cyrano Return

50 points His play was performed ___ consecutive times. 500 Return

60 points During WWI he wrote___? patriotic poetry Return

70 points He died ___? December 2, 1918 Return

80 points True/False: His play was based on a real person. True! Return

90 points True/False: The real Cyrano was very intelligent and courageous. True! Return

100 points True/False: Louis XIV was known as the “Sun King”. True! Return

Settings Return

10 points Famous battlefield/town in Act IV? Arras Return

20 points What street was Ragueneau’s pastry shop located on? Rue St. Honore Return

30 points What is the name of Louis XIV’s palace? Versailles Return

40 points The real town of Aaras is still famous for many things. Name one. Tapestries/ Tunnels/ Joan of Arc, etc. Return

50 points Act I takes place in what city? Paris Return

60 points What part of France are the cadets from? South/Gascony Return

70 points Where is Christian from? North/Touraine Return

80 points In what year does Act V take place? 1655 Return

90 points What is the main setting for Act II? Ragueneau’s pastry shop Return

100 points Who were the French fighting at Arras? Spanish Return

Characters Return

10 points What famous French leader believed the “end justifies the means”? Richelieu Return

20 points What was Cyrano’s ideal? Honor=to be admirable, noble in all he does Return

30 points Name of Roxanne’s maid? Duenna Return

40 points Who was the first one shot in the battle of Arras? Christian Return

50 points What title/position does De Guiche rise to in Act V? Marshall/Duke Return

60 points When Cyrano talks about the “last creditor who has a debt to claim”, who is he talking about? Death Return

70 points Whose real name is Madelaine? Roxane Return

80 points Who is the most dynamic character in this play? Roxane Return

90 points What day does Cyrano always visit Roxane (Act V)? Saturday Return

100 points Who says, “Happy are those who are far from the courts”? Montfleury Return

Vocab Return

10 points To surrender abdicate Return

20 points Piece of armor cuirass Return

30 points dumb person lout Return

40 points Reply angrily retort Return

50 points To be enough suffice Return

60 points Sarcastic mocking taunts Return

70 points guts viscera Return

80 points Crafty, sly wily Return

90 points Draw back in fear recoil Return

100 points hidden clandestine Return

General Return

10 points Who is Bertrand? Fifer/musician Return

20 points What is the main complaint at Arras? food/hunger Return

30 points What two symbols are given in Act IV? blood/tears Return

40 points Who does Cyrano call a “full moon”? Montfleury Return

50 points What playwright stole scenes from Cyrano? Moliere Return

60 points What is Cyrano’s main fear that he voices to Le Bret in Act I? That Roxane will laugh at him Return

70 points What is Roxane’s passport through Spanish lines? Her smile Return

80 points Who says he is tired of “borrowed lovemakings”? Christian Return

90 points Name two jobs that Ragueneau had besides pastry cook. Bathing man, beadle, actor, musician, Roxane’s steward, etc. Return

100 points What does Christian lack? Wit/Brains Return

Cyrano de Bergerac Buiter’s Balderdash Cyrano de Bergerac Buiter’s Balderdash

rogue dishonest; unprincipled

obstinancy Stubbornness; inflexibility

caprice sudden change of behavior

loathsome repulsive; causing hatred

inexorable Impossible to stop or prevent

amicably with a spirit of friendliness

zealous enthusiastic; passionate

indiscretion lack of judgment

heedless oblivious; reckless

perplex puzzle; confuse

abyss gulf; chasm

disheveled untidy; disorderly

unassailable undefeatable

discrepancy distinct difference