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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. How much time has passed since Gallimard's last meeting with Song by Scene 13?
(a) Eight weeks.
(b) Nine months.
(c) Eight months.
(d) Nine weeks.

4. What does Gallimard ask Song?
(a) "Why me?"
(b) "Who is Butterfly?"
(c) "Are you the one?"
(d) "Are you my Butterfly?"

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

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

7. What does Gallimard believe about God?
(a) He does not exist.
(b) He is all-powerful.
(c) He sees Gallimard's crimes.
(d) He is a man.

8. In what year does Scene 4 take place?
(a) 1963.
(b) 1947
(c) Present day.
(d) 1960

9. In Act 1, Scene 7, when Gallimard is speaking to Helga, what does he say about the Chinese?
(a) They are a young people.
(b) They are a people with a rich heritage.
(c) They are an incredibly arrogant people.
(d) They are an amazing people.

10. What part of Song's letter does Gallimard quote for her?
(a) "I have already give you my soul."
(b) "I have already given you my life."
(c) "I have already given you my heart."
(d) "I have already given you my shame."

11. What does Toulon state will not be part of Gallimard's job requirement?
(a) Passion.
(b) Humility.
(c) Good judgment.
(d) Manhood.

12. What does Butterfly use to kill herself in the opera?
(a) Her sleeves.
(b) A knife.
(c) A gun.
(d) A sword.

13. Where did Helga go on the night Gallimard went to the opera house?
(a) The American embassy..
(b) A martial arts demonstration.
(c) An ambassador's party.
(d) The Opera House.

14. What does Song say is one of a Westerner's favorite fantasies?
(a) The submissive white women with the cruel Oriental man.
(b) The submissive Oriental woman with the cruel white man.
(c) The submissive Oriental woman and the shy white man.
(d) The meek husband and the brave Oriental wife.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Gallimard replace with practicality?

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

3. In Madame Butterfly, what are the last words Butterfly sings before she kills herself?

4. In the first scene of the play, how old is Gallimard?

5. What does Sharpless say will be engraved on Pinkerton's tombstone?

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