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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 2, Scenes 9, 10 and 11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Gallimard, how many American dollars were spent for every Viet Cong killed?
(a) Four million dollars.
(b) Four hundred yen.
(c) Four hundred dollars.
(d) Four hundred thousand dollars.

2. What does Song tell Gallimard he was to her?
(a) Her greatest acting challenge.
(b) Her greatest love.
(c) Her only way out of China.
(d) Her greatest lie.

3. What it the setting of Scene 6?
(a) His flat in Beijing.
(b) The German ambassador's house.
(c) His flat in Paris.
(d) The Australian ambassador's house.

4. Where does Scene 8 take place?
(a) The Chinese opera house and the streets of Beijing.
(b) The President's home.
(c) The Ambassador's home.
(d) A prison cell and the streets of Paris.

5. In Act 1, Scene 7, when Gallimard is speaking to Helga, what does he say about the Chinese?
(a) They are an amazing people.
(b) They are a young people.
(c) They are an incredibly arrogant people.
(d) They are a people with a rich heritage.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Chin want to make sure that Song remembers?

2. According to the commentary that Gallimard reads in Act 2, Scene 1, what does every man want to do to Pinkerton when they watch Madame Butterfly?

3. What does Butterfly use to kill herself in the opera?

4. What part of Song's letter does Gallimard quote for her?

5. Why did Gallimard get scared when Isabelle screamed that she was coming?

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