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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the end, what was a reason for Gallimard's refusal to go to the doctor?
(a) Going to the doctor would make Song unhappy.
(b) Going to the doctor would make him a woman.
(c) Going to the doctor would question his manhood.
(d) Going to the doctor would end in Helga being pregnant.

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

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

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

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

6. 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) Hug him.
(b) Kick him.
(c) Shake his hand.
(d) Kill him.

7. What does Gallimard want after his encounter with Toulon?
(a) Revenge.
(b) Hope.
(c) A night with Renee.
(d) A shoulder to cry on.

8. What does Gallimard say his job affects?
(a) A large part of the universe.
(b) A small slice of China.
(c) A bit of the earth.
(d) A small corner of the world.

9. What does Toulon find irritating?
(a) America moving into Vietnam to grab the territory
(b) America's growing angry attitude.
(c) France's cowardliness.
(d) France's imperialism.

10. What does the banner state that is unveiled at the end of Act 2, Scene 9?
(a) "The Actor Denies and Dies!"
(b) "The Actor Lives!"
(c) "The Actor is Rehabilitated!"
(d) "The Actor Serves the People!"

11. How much time passes between the year Gallimard is fired from the embassy and the year Song travels to France to live with him?
(a) Ten years.
(b) Tenty years.
(c) Four years.
(d) One year.

12. What does Gallimard ask Song after they talk about Gallimard's conversation with Helga regarding the doctor visit?
(a) If she wants to marry him.
(b) If she is happy with him.
(c) If he should leave Helga.
(d) If she wants to have his baby.

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

14. What is Song's response when Chin wants to know how Song retains all the information?
(a) She is an actor
(b) She is a woman.
(c) She was raised to do so.
(d) She was threatened with her life.

15. Why does Song believe women's roles in opera are played by men?
(a) Song believes women can't act.
(b) Song believes a woman is too smart to act.
(c) Song believes China wants to keep women unstimulated.
(d) Song believes only a man knows how a woman should act.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what years does Scene 5 take place?

2. In what year does Scene 10 take place?

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

4. In Act 2, Scene 11, what does Gallimard want from Helga?

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

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