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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. Why did Gallimard cease to call on Song?
(a) To protect her.
(b) He has no interest in her.
(c) He was afraid of scandal.
(d) To feel the rush of power over a woman.

2. Who appears in Gallimard's dream in Scene 9?
(a) The magazine model.
(b) Butterfly.
(c) Pinkerton.
(d) Marc.

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

4. In the first scene of the play, how old is Gallimard?
(a) 39.
(b) 65.
(c) 29.
(d) 55.

5. What does Song say about the soul of China?
(a) It is rooted two thousand years in the past.
(b) It is unwilling to learn from its mistakes..
(c) It is much older than the soul of France.
(d) It is a forward-thinking society.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is different about the night that occurs in Scene 10?

2. Who plays the character of Suzuki in Gallimard's dream?

3. What did Helga want to know about Song's performance Gallimard had seen that night?

4. How much does Pinkerton pay for Butterfly?

5. Who are the two main characters of the opera, Madame Butterfly?

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