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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Song say is necessary to counter a counter-revolutionary act?
(a) An act of desperation.
(b) A revolutionary act.
(c) A counter-revolutionary act.
(d) An act of violence.

3. What does Chin want to make sure that Song remembers?
(a) There is no homosexuality in China.
(b) Women have no respect in China.
(c) Women are stupid.
(d) Her acts are for the greater good.

4. What does Gallimard have to say about Chairman Mao's cult?
(a) It has died out.
(b) It has become very strong.
(c) It will die out soon.
(d) It would rule the world very soon.

5. What does Gallimard start to call Song after their affair starts?
(a) One and Only.
(b) Butterfly.
(c) My love.
(d) My life.

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

7. What does Song say she wants to do now that her life as an actor is over?
(a) She wants to live.
(b) She wants to serve the people.
(c) She wants to live in luxury.
(d) She wants to act.

8. What does Song call Gallimard's society?
(a) Evil.
(b) Progressive.
(c) Backward-thinking.
(d) Young.

9. What does Chin think about actors?
(a) They're all women.
(b) They're all weirdos.
(c) They're all poor people.
(d) They're all homosexuals.

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

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

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

13. In what years does Scene 5 take place?
(a) 1986-present day.
(b) 1970-1980
(c) 1960-1965
(d) 1961-1963

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

15. What does Gallimard claim about the Chinese?
(a) They want to be protected by the Vietnamese.
(b) They love the white people.
(c) They do not like Ho Chi Minh.
(d) They love the American president.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Renee's profession?

2. Finish Gallimard's sentence: "Oriental women - when they're good they're very good, but when they're bad..."

3. What is Song's response when Chin wants to know how Song retains all the information?

4. How does Song respond when Chin asks how Song came to live in an exalted position?

5. What does the banner read that Comrade Chin enters with?

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