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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 1, Scenes 10 and 11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Song say she has never done before?
(a) Invited a man up to her flat.
(b) Sang for a white person.
(c) Talked to a man.
(d) Thought of any man the way she thinks of Gallimard.

2. In what year does Scene 6 take place?
(a) Present day.
(b) 1986
(c) 1960.
(d) 1947

3. What does Song promise to Gallimard after her outburst?
(a) She will fire the servants.
(b) She will love him forever.
(c) She will not apologize for anything else.
(d) She will serve him tea.

4. What is the setting of Scene 2?
(a) A flat in China.
(b) A party in a chic parlor.
(c) A courtroom.
(d) The streets of Beijing.

5. How was the woman Isabelle important in Gallimard's life?
(a) She was his sister.
(b) She was the first woman he ever loved.
(c) She was the first woman Marc ever loved.
(d) She was his first sexual experience.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Song afraid of as she is entertaining Gallimard in her parlor?

2. In Madame Butterfly, what are the last words Butterfly sings before she kills herself?

3. What does Sharpless say will be engraved on Pinkerton's tombstone?

4. What didn't Gallimard like about Song's second letter?

5. What is Gallimard thinking when he is having sex with Isabelle?

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