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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of baby does Song want to present to Gallimard?
(a) A beautiful baby.
(b) A big baby.
(c) A baby with brown eyes.
(d) A baby boy.

2. As Chin enters, what does Gallimard beg of the audience?
(a) To try to see it from his point of view,
(b) To judge Song for what she is doing.
(c) To love Song despite her betrayal.
(d) To side with whoever they see fit.

3. How does Song define the Chinese?
(a) Devils.
(b) Hopeless romantics.
(c) Realists.
(d) Progressionists.

4. According to Marc, how was Gallimard a different man in China?
(a) He was gifted.
(b) He was white.
(c) He was rich.
(d) He loved the perfect woman.

5. What is one of the things about Song that Gallimard considers to be rare?
(a) She listens to him.
(b) She will pleasure him.
(c) She loves him.
(d) She sings like a bird.

6. What is Renee's profession?
(a) Nurse.
(b) Student.
(c) Merchant.
(d) Doctor.

7. Where does Gallimard meet Renee?
(a) A party at the Austrian embassy.
(b) A party at the Australian embassy.
(c) A party at Gallimard's home.
(d) A party at Toulon's home.

8. How does Song respond when Chin asks how Song came to live in an exalted position?
(a) "I was a plaything for a Frenchman!"
(b) "I was a plaything for the Imperialists!"
(c) "I loved a perfect man!"
(d) "I was a plaything for the white devils!"

9. Which character is watching Scene 7?
(a) Chin.
(b) Every character in the cast.
(c) Gallimard.
(d) Song.

10. What happened to Helga on her way home from the grocery store?
(a) She is hosed down by some policemen.
(b) She sees some policemen beating some students.
(c) She sees people looting a store.
(d) She is fascinated by a student's speech.

11. What does Gallimard call his relationship to Renee?
(a) The affair of the century.
(b) An extra extramarital affair.
(c) The right thing to do.
(d) A mistake.

12. In what year does Scene 10 take place?
(a) 1970.
(b) 1973.
(c) 1960.
(d) 1986.

13. Who do the Vietnamese generals plan on assassinating?
(a) President Diem.
(b) Chairman Mao.
(c) The president of France.
(d) Ho Chi Minh.

14. What was NOT waiting for Gallimard back in Paris when he arrived in 1968?
(a) Friends and family.
(b) A regular schedule.
(c) Song.
(d) Better Chinese food than he'd eaten in China.

15. What did the doctor find was wrong with Helga?
(a) Nothing.
(b) She is barren.
(c) She is sick.
(d) She is too old to get pregnant.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Comrade Chin report to?

2. What doesn't Renee like about China?

3. Finish the sentence: "We must conserve our strength for the battles..."

4. Where does Scene 7 take place?

5. What does Gallimard claim about the Chinese?

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