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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 1, Scenes 6, 7, 8 and 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of woman did Gallimard marry?
(a) An heiress.
(b) A quiet woman.
(c) An older woman.
(d) A sweet woman.

2. Who are the two main characters of the opera, Madame Butterfly?
(a) Pinkerton and Cio-Cio-San
(b) Pinkerton and his American wife.
(c) Cio-Cio-San and Sharpless.
(d) Cio-Cio-San and Suzuki.

3. Who is Gallimard used to seeing play the lead in Madame Butterfly?
(a) Huge women in bad makeup.
(b) Huge women in viking helmets.
(c) Small men in drag.
(d) Huge men in bad makeup.

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

5. What does Song think of the story of Madame Butterfly?
(a) She thinks it is the perfect opera.
(b) She thinks it is boring.
(c) She thinks it is beautiful.
(d) She thinks it is ridiculous.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Gallimard, who wrote Madame Butterfly?

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

3. How many women has Marc slept with since he got married?

4. What does Song hate about her audience?

5. Who appears in Gallimard's dream in Scene 9?

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