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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. What does Song realize Gallimard wants her to do?
(a) To submit to him.
(b) To want him.
(c) To pleasure him.
(d) To leave him.

5. What doesn't Renee like about China?
(a) There are too many women.
(b) There's nothing to do at night.
(c) There are no handsome men.
(d) It's an ugly place.

6. What does Gallimard want Toulon to tell the Americans?
(a) There is a natural affinity between the West and the Orient.
(b) There is a natural affinity between America and France.
(c) There is a bond of trust between the East and West.
(d) The Americas should protectthe Orient.

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

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

9. Where does Scene 7 take place?
(a) Helga and Gallimard's house.
(b) Chin's office.
(c) Gallimard and Song's flat.
(d) Toulon's house.

10. According to the commentary that Gallimard reads in Act 2, Scene 1, what does every man want to do to Pinkerton when they watch Madame Butterfly?
(a) Kill him.
(b) Kick him.
(c) Hug him.
(d) Shake his hand.

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Comrade Chin report to?

2. Why does Song believe women's roles in opera are played by men?

3. In what year does Scene 8 take place?

4. What does Gallimard start to call Song after their affair starts?

5. How does Toulon feel about Gallimard's infidelity?

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