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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Gallimard, who do the Orientals want to be associated with?
(a) America.
(b) China and only China.
(c) Whoever shows the most strength and power.
(d) Ho Chi Minh.

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

3. Where does Scene 10 take place?
(a) A commune.
(b) Mao's palace.
(c) Gallimard's flat in Beijing.
(d) Comrade Chin's home.

4. What is the name of the baby?
(a) Peepee.
(b) Song.
(c) Rene.
(d) Long Dong.

5. What does Toulon ask Gallimard to do for him in France?
(a) Sleep with his wife.
(b) Get a good night's sleep.
(c) Eat a croissant.
(d) Make some real money.

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

7. According to Song, what does Gallimard shame her with?
(a) His generosity.
(b) His love.
(c) His understanding.
(d) His devotion.

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

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

10. What does the banner read that Comrade Chin enters with?
(a) "The Actor Renounces His Decadent Profession!"
(b) "The Actor Cannot Escape His Fate!"
(c) "The Actor Denies His Heritage!"
(d) "The Actor Knows His End is Near!"

11. What does Song tell Gallimard he was to her?
(a) Her greatest lie.
(b) Her greatest acting challenge.
(c) Her only way out of China.
(d) Her greatest love.

12. What does Gallimard feel about his inability to produce a child?
(a) He doesn't care.
(b) He is the woman of the marriage.
(c) God is laughing at him.
(d) God is judging him.

13. What does Song need from Comrade Chin?
(a) A job.
(b) A baby.
(c) A new name.
(d) An alibi.

14. According to Gallimard, how many American dollars were spent for every Viet Cong killed?
(a) Four hundred yen.
(b) Four hundred dollars.
(c) Four hundred thousand dollars.
(d) Four million dollars.

15. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Song say she will be when the audience returns from their five-minute break?

2. What is one of Gallimard's reasons for wanting to see Song naked?

3. What does Gallimard want after Song announces she is pregnant?

4. What does Gallimard call his relationship to Renee?

5. What does the banner state that is unveiled at the end of Act 2, Scene 9?

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