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