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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 3: "ACT III: ETHNIC RECURRING".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why do the other women shun The Hostess?
(a) She has quit the show.
(b) She is not Chinese.
(c) She does not respect her elders.
(d) She often plays prostitutes.

2. Where does the protagonist's mother live?
(a) Down the hall from his father.
(b) In another city's Chinatown.
(c) With his father.
(d) With him.

3. Why does Young Fong get cast in villain roles?
(a) His slight build and mild looks make him seem creepy to most Americans.
(b) No one actually knows; it seems like it happened once and then just kept on happening.
(c) Everyone knows that he is a terrible person.
(d) He is not only large and intimidating, but he is shockingly unattractive.

4. In "ACT II: INT. GOLDEN PALACE," how does the protagonist spoil the fun that the other men are having outside his room?
(a) He tells them that he heard that the show is discontinuing the role of Kung Fu Guy.
(b) He questions their dignity and authenticity.
(c) He reminds them that they do not matter to Black and White at all--they are generic and replaceable.
(d) He asks them how it would matter if one of them got to play Kung Fu Guy.

5. What are the seven main sections of Interior Chinatown called?
(a) Chapters.
(b) Scenes.
(c) Stanzas.
(d) Acts.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is "White Lady Cop's" name?

2. What is "Jade Palace"?

3. What is the protagonist's father's real name?

4. What distinguishes the parts of the script that describe what the protagonist is doing during the filming of Black and White?

5. What always happens in the scene from Black and White that recurs throughout "ACT II: INT. GOLDEN PALACE"?

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