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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Helga want to know about Song's performance Gallimard had seen that night?
(a) She wanted to know if Gallimard had liked it.
(b) She wanted to know if Song sang well.
(c) She wanted to know if Song was pretty.
(d) She wanted to know if Song had a nice costume.

2. During the Revolution, what signs would hang in the windows of the clubs in Shanghai?
(a) "No dogs and Chinamen."
(b) "Whites only."
(c) "No dogs or cats."
(d) "No women allowed."

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

4. Why did Isabelle have sex with Gallimard?
(a) She wanted revenge on Marc for rejecting her.
(b) Marc arranged it.
(c) She was lonely.
(d) She was in love with him.

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

6. What does Song tell Gallimard she feels about his presence?
(a) Danger.
(b) Lust.
(c) Passion.
(d) Practicality.

7. What is Gallimard sick of hearing about the Chinese culture?
(a) That it is old.
(b) That is it small.
(c) That it is submissive.
(d) That it is new.

8. In Scene 1, in what city is Gallimard residing?
(a) Beijing, China.
(b) Versailles, France.
(c) Paris, France.
(d) Shanghai, China.

9. What did Gallimard believe Song was doing before they part ways at the end of Scene 8?
(a) Thinking.
(b) Crying.
(c) Laughing.
(d) Flirting.

10. In the first scene of the play, how old is Gallimard?
(a) 55.
(b) 29.
(c) 65.
(d) 39.

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

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

13. What song from Madame Butterfly underscores the scene in which Gallimard is reading Song's letters?
(a) "I Am the Very Model of a Modern Major General."
(b) "Butterfly's Death."
(c) "Love Duet"
(d) "The Whole World Over."

14. What does Gallimard fear when Toulon is talking to him?
(a) He cannot be saved by love.
(b) He will be fired.
(c) He is going to kill him.
(d) He will take Song away from him.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the famous duet that Pinkerton and Sharpless sing together?

2. What it the setting of Scene 6?

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

4. By what other name does Pinkerton's wife go?

5. Who plays the character of Suzuki in Gallimard's dream?

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