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| Where and when does Cyrano take place? |
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| Who is teh Louis the 13th's advisor? |
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| ______gets France inolved in the hrity years war. |
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| Who is a relative of Cardinal Richelieu? |
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| By the end of the thirty years war, who succeeded? |
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| Edmond Rostand; 19th century |
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| During the 19th century, France was involved in the ______. |
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| Which movement was Rostand a part of? |
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| When and where was Rostand born? |
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| Rostand came from an_______family. His father was a _____and his uncle was a _____. |
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| artistic; professor; poet |
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| Rostand's father wanted him to study _____, but his real love was______. |
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| Wjhat was the name of Rostand's friend that acted in one of his plays? |
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| Rostand did not find great success until he wrote_____. |
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| Cyrano de Bergerac was first produced in _____but it was written in _____. |
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| Who was the play written for? |
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| How long did the audience applaud after watching the play? |
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| Cyrano de Bergerac is seen as the ______. |
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| embodiment of true French spirit |
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| After Cyrano, did Rostand achieve the same success? |
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| After Cyrano, what did Rostand write? |
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| Rostand began to decline, but he still received honors such as the_____. |
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| Rostand was elected into the ______ |
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| Rostand died in _____,six weeks after the ____. |
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| Cyrano de Bergerac himself is described as a _____,_____,_____,_____. |
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| poet, swordsman, musician, and philosopher |
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| What is a foil character? |
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| a character that is opposite of the hero |
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| Who is the foil of cyrano? |
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| Both Christian and cyrano like_____. |
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| Roxanne is also known as _____. |
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| Why are there two suns in invention of morel? |
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| What is the disease in invention of morel? |
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| once your filmed it casues wasting away and eventually death |
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| What does the narrator reveal about his background? |
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| What rumor about the island has the narrator heard? |
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| it is the source of the disease |
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| What is unusual about the group of people that arrives at the island unexpectedly? |
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| teh have old fashioned clothing |
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| Where does the narrator hide when the visitors arrive? |
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| What two buildings are found on the island? |
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| the museum and the chapel |
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| What unusual feature does the narrator discover in the basement? |
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| What first makes teh woman stand out to the narrator? |
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| her brightly colored scarf |
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| What does the narrator notice the woman doing every afternoon? |
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| What happens when the narrator tries to speak to the woman? |
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| What does the narrator decide to do for the woman at the end of this section? |
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| Who is trying to organize a marriage between Roxanne and Valvert? |
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| What baked instrument does the apprentice make for ragueneau? |
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| Why does Cyrano get upset with Lise in act two secne four? |
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| she flirts with the musketeer |
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| How many men does cyrano expect to fight at the end of act one? |
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| What is christian's new profession? |
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| How did he get to the island in invention of morel/ |
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| How does he feel about the visitors? |
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| Why is the island abandoned? |
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| it is known to have a disease |
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| Why is the skylight so strange? |
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| you can't see it from the inside |
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| What six theories does the narrator come up with about his inability to talk to the people? |
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| he has a disease, he's invisible, the people are from a different planet, he's insane, he's in purgatory or heaven, he's dead, or he's in hell |
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| What are three things teh are unsual about the island? |
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| no one can see him, there are unexpected appearances, and there is repitition |
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| Who wrote invention of morel? who wrote the prologue? |
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| adolfo bioy casares; jorge luis borges |
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| When was invention of morel first published? |
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| Where does the narrator assume the island is? |
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| in the ellice archipelago |
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| How does the narrator hear about the island? |
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| from a rug seller in calcutta who told him about a group of people who came to the island in 1925-developed buildings and left |
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| What is the name of the rug merchant? |
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| The narrator at first thinks that Dora is a love interest of _____ but then he starts to think that she is a love interst of _____. |
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| What color hair does dora have? |
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| What does Irene think? What is a distinct feature of Irene? What does the narrator think about Irene's love life? |
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| Irene thinks that the machine won't hurt them; she is tall; and the narrator thinks that if morel is not in love with faustine or dora then he is in love with irene |
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| Who is asleep right before Morel gives his speech? |
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| What are three themes expressed in the invention of morel? |
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| immortality, love and lonliness, and control |
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| How are love and lonliness apart of the narrator's life? |
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| love equals life; lonliness equals death |
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| Where is the narrator from? |
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| Where does the narrator think he is? |
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| on the island of villings that is part of the ellice islands |
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| What strange things does the narrator notice about the aquarium? |
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| he sees identical copies of two dead fish that were there when the intruders came to the island |
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| How does the machine keep running? |
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| because the wind and the tide feed it with an endless amount of kinetic energy |
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| what does cyrano say he will take with him to heaven? |
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| Who hires the hundred men to kill Ligniere? |
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| Why is Roxanne worried for Christian's life? |
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| beceause the cadets tend to pick on anyone that is not a gascon |
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| Whom does De guiche propose as possible patrons for cyrano? |
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| Where are roxanne and christian married? |
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| Who tells Chrisitan about a plot to kill Ligniere? |
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| What does De guiche do with the white plume after cyrano produces it? |
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| he waves it as a signal to a spy |
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| How does Christian prove his bravery to the cadets? |
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| Why does Christian's action of insulting cyrano go unpunished? |
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| cyrano promised roxanne that he would protect chrisitan |
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| Why are the cadets hungry at the siege of arras? |
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| because their food supply has been cut by the spanish army |
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| How does cyrano distract de guiche when roxanne and christian are getting married? |
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| by pretending he has fallen from the moon |
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| How does Cyrano win a pair of minstrels for a day? |
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| by winning a bet over a question of grammar |
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| Why does cyrano hate montefleury? |
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| because montefleury smiled at roxanne |
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| How does Cyrano treat the nuns in roxanne's convent? |
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| How does Roxanne discover that cyrano wrote the letters? |
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| he can recite them in the dark |
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| Why does Ragueneau's marriage fall? |
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because his wife, lise leaves him for a musketeer
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| Where does cyrano meet roxanne in act two? |
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| who insults cyrano's nose most during the play? |
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| in battle at the siege of arras |
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| Why doesn't cyrano buy himself dinner after the duel in the theater? |
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| he tossed all his money to bellerose |
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| he lives until the end of the play |
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| Who is in charge of the theater? |
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| What is the name of cyrano's friend? |
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| What is the name of Christian's friend? |
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| a monk, hired to be a messenger for de guiche |
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| What are the names of the three nuns? |
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| Mother Marguerite de Jesus, Sister Claire, Sister Marthe |
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| Cardinal Richelieu is said to be what to de guiche? |
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| Where and when was adolfo bioy casares born? |
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| When did Casares begin to write? |
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| Where did Casares stories appear? |
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| What three important people did Casares meet through sur magazine? |
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| his wife, painter/writer-Silvina Ocampo, and Jorge Luis Borges |
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| Was invention of morel his first book? |
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