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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 1, Scenes 12 and 13.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who is the American consul character in Madame Butterfly?
(a) Sharpless
(b) Suzuki.
(c) Gallimard.
(d) Pinkerton

3. What does Sharpless say will be engraved on Pinkerton's tombstone?
(a) "I saved a woman, here I lie."
(b) "I loved the perfect woman."
(c) "I loved money."
(d) "I saved a dollar, here I lie."

4. By what other name does Pinkerton's wife go?
(a) Butterfly.
(b) Little One.
(c) Beauty.
(d) Lovely One.

5. What is the setting of Scene 12?
(a) The American embassy.
(b) Ambassador Toulon's residence.
(c) The streets of Beijing.
(d) Song's flat.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Scene 11 take place?

2. In Gallimard's fantasy, who plays Pinkerton?

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

4. Why did Gallimard cease to call on Song?

5. What does Gallimard believe about God?

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