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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Scene 11 take place?
(a) The Austrian embassy
(b) The German embassy.
(c) The American embassy.
(d) The French embassy.

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

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

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

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

6. How much does Pinkerton pay for Butterfly?
(a) 200 dollars.
(b) 100 dollars.
(c) 100 yen
(d) 200 yen.

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

8. 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 amazing people.
(d) They are an incredibly arrogant people.

9. What does Song promise to Gallimard after her outburst?
(a) She will love him forever.
(b) She will fire the servants.
(c) She will serve him tea.
(d) She will not apologize for anything else.

10. Why did Gallimard get scared when Isabelle screamed that she was coming?
(a) He thought she meant someone was actually coming.
(b) He didn't want it to end.
(c) He was embarrassed to be seen with her.
(d) He didn't like loud noises.

11. Finish the sentence: "...there's no guarantee of failure in life like ________"
(a) "...finding happiness in love."
(b) "...a depressing mairage."
(c) "...failure as a child."
(d) "...happiness in high school."

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

13. Who plays the character of Suzuki in Gallimard's dream?
(a) Comrade Chin.
(b) Cio-Cio-San.
(c) Helga.
(d) Gallimard.

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

15. 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 much older than the soul of France.
(d) It is a forward-thinking society.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was one outstanding feature about Isabelle that Marc remembers?

2. What does Gallimard ask Song?

3. Why did Isabelle have sex with Gallimard?

4. What does Song say is one of a Westerner's favorite fantasies?

5. What does Song think of the story of Madame Butterfly?

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