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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Song call Gallimard?
(a) A wimp.
(b) A cad.
(c) An idiot.
(d) A tiger.

2. 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 an incredibly arrogant people.
(c) They are a young people.
(d) They are a people with a rich heritage.

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

4. According to Gallimard, how does Manuel Toulon think of himself?
(a) As a proud boss.
(b) As a servant of the people.
(c) As a mother hen.
(d) As God.

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

6. What is different about the night that occurs in Scene 10?
(a) Gallimard walks Song home.
(b) Gallimard kisses Song.
(c) Helga meets Song.
(d) Gallimard has been invited into Song's apartment.

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

8. What is one of the features of Pinkerton's house?
(a) A disco mirror ball.
(b) A view of the ocean.
(c) Shag carpet.
(d) A view of the rice fields.

9. What is Song wearing when Gallimard enters her apartment?
(a) A kimono.
(b) Nothing.
(c) A full formal dress.
(d) A sheer dressing gown.

10. How large is Gallimard's cell?
(a) 4 1/2 feet by 5 feet.
(b) 4 feet by 5 feet.
(c) 4 1/2 meters by 5 meters.
(d) 3 meters by 5 meters.

11. What does Song hate about her audience?
(a) Their age.
(b) Their social bearing.
(c) Their smell.
(d) Their teeth.

12. 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.

13. What is the job that Gallimard is promoted to?
(a) Chairman.
(b) Vice-Consul.
(c) President.
(d) Vice-President.

14. What does Song say is undervalued in the West?
(a) Education.
(b) Street smarts.
(c) Perseverance.
(d) Bravery.

15. What event is going on in Scene 12?
(a) A reception.
(b) A crowning.
(c) An opera performance.
(d) A meeting.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is in the framed picture that Gallimard picks up?

2. What did Gallimard believe Song was doing before they part ways at the end of Scene 8?

3. How much does Pinkerton pay for Butterfly?

4. In what year does Scene 4 take place?

5. What does Toulon believe about Gallimard?

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