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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. How has life in the West been for Gallimard?
(a) Hard work.
(b) A healthy change.
(c) A disappointment.
(d) A relaxing situation.

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

3. According to Song, what does happiness look like?
(a) A baby.
(b) Hope.
(c) Happiness.
(d) Craziness.

4. Finish Gallimard's sentence: "Oriental women - when they're good they're very good, but when they're bad..."
(a) "...they're men."
(b) "...they're women."
(c) "...they're Americans."
(d) "...they're Christians."

5. What does Gallimard claim about the Chinese?
(a) They love the American president.
(b) They do not like Ho Chi Minh.
(c) They want to be protected by the Vietnamese.
(d) They love the white people.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Song claim she has given to Gallimard?

2. In what year does Scene 4 take place?

3. What song from Madame Butterfly underscores the scene in which Gallimard is reading Song's letters?

4. What does Chin want Song to find out?

5. From what location is Gallimard narrating his story?

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